Manuel Dias (Yang MaNuo)

Father Manuel Dias (Yang MaNuo), (Castelo Branco 1574 – China, March 4, 1659)^[1] also known as Emanuel Diaz, was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary who introduced for the first time in China the telescope in the early 17th century, just three years after Galileo presented it. The telescope was first mentioned in his Tian Wen Lüe (Explicatio Sphaerae Coelestis) in 1615.^[2] Father Manuel Dias arrived at China in 1610, reaching Beijing in 1613. In the Tian Wen Lüe he presented the latest European astronomy knowledge in the shape of questions and answers to the Chinese queries. It was studied and published until the 19th century.

See also

• Wenceslas Pantaleon Kirwitzer

References

1. ^ João Manuel Esteves Pereira, Guilherme Rodrigues, "Diccionario historico, chorographico, heraldico, biographico, bibliographico, numismatico e artistico ...", J. Romano Torres, 1907
2. ^ Needham, Volume 3, 444.

Bibliography

• Catherine Jami, Luís Saraiva, "The Jesuits, the Padroado and East Asian science (1552–1773)", World Scientific, 2008, ISBN 9812771255
• Liam Matthew Brockey, "Journey to the East: the Jesuit mission to China, 1579–1724", Harvard University Press, 2007, ISBN 0674024486
• Joseph Needham, "Chinese astronomy and the Jesuit mission: an encounter of cultures", China Society, 1958
• Francisco Rodrigues, "Jesuitas portugueses astrónomos na China, 1583–1805", Tipografia Porto Medico, 1925
• Joseph Needham, Ling Wang, "Science and Civilisation in China", ISBN 9780521058018

Persondata
Name	Dias, Manuel
Alternative names
Short description	Portuguese Jesuit missionary
Date of birth	1574
Place of birth	Castelo Branco, Portugal
Date of death	March 4, 1659
Place of death	China