Ài Rúlüè 艾儒略 / Giulio Aleni, S.J. (1582–1649). Italian Jesuit missionary; zì Sījí 思及; born at Brescia; entered the Society of Jesus in 1600; sent to China in 1610. Established the Mǐnzhōng mission in Fújiàn from 1624, becoming the first European to enter the Fújiàn capital; eventually known as the “Confucius from the West” (Xīlái Kǒngzǐ) for his deep accommodation to Chinese literati culture. One of the most prolific Chinese-language Jesuit authors. Major Chinese-language works: Zhífāng wàijì 職方外紀 (KR2k0146, 1623, on world geography); Xīxué fán 西學凡 (on Western learning); Tiānzhǔ jiàngshēng yánxíng jìlüè 天主降生言行紀略 (a life of Christ); Sānshān lùnxué jì 三山論學記 (a record of his discussions with Fújiàn literati at Yáng 樣 [3 mountains]); Wànwù zhēnyuán 萬物真原 (Aristotelian-Christian cosmology); Xìngxué cūshù 性學觕述 (on the soul); and many others. The catalog meta records him as “Xīyáng Ài Rúlüè” — “Western-Sea Aleni” — the formal Chinese designation for European Jesuits in the Sìkù tradition. Died at Yánpíng 延平 in Fújiàn during the Qīng conquest. The principal early-modern European-Chinese intellectual translator of Renaissance European knowledge.