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Li Yingshi
Li Yingshi (, referred to by Jesuits as Li Paul; fl. ca. 1600) was a Ming Chinese military officer and a renowned mathematician,〔Qiong Zhang,
(About God, Demons, and Miracles: The Jesuit Discourse on the Supernatural in Late Ming China ). ''Early Science and Medicine'', Vol. 4, No. 1 (1999), pp. 1-36. (Reference to Li Yingshi is on p. 17)〕 astrologer and ''feng shui'' expert, who was among the first Chinese literati to become Christian. Converted to Catholicism by Matteo Ricci and Diego de Pantoja, the first two Jesuits to establish themselves in Beijing, he became a zealous Christian, and was instrumental in the advancement of Catholicism in China.
== Early life ==
Li Yingshi was a member of the Chinese literati class. He commanded a unit of 500 soldiers during the Korean War of 1592-98.〔Gallagher (trans) (1953), pp. 433-437〕 In recognition of his military valor, he was awarded a lifetime pension by the Wanli government, which was to continue to be paid to his heirs in perpetuity.〔
During peacetime, he became renowned as an expert on "divination", i.e. astrology and geomancy.〔
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