Were there any Europeans who were officials in the Ming Dynasty?

Germans:

German missionary Tang Ruowang, whose real name is Johann Adam Schall von Bell, has the word "Tao ends" (from Mencius: looking at Tao but not seeing it).

In the third year of the Apocalypse (1623), Tang Ruowang went to Beijing as an expert in weapons technology and worked in Qin Tian prison. During this period, on the one hand, Tang Ruowang compiled "Calendar of Chongzhen" to teach the production methods of new firearms in Ming Dynasty. In the ninth year of Chongzhen (1636), Tang Ruowang personally supervised the construction of twenty new cannons.

After the Qing army entered Beijing, Tang Ruowang continued to be reused with his own scientific knowledge. In the first year of Shunzhi (1644), Tang Ruowang officially took charge of Qin Tianjian. In the second year of Shunzhi (1645), Tang Ruowang changed the Chongzhen calendar to the Shixian calendar, which was promulgated by Regent Dourgen, and Tang Ruowang was also named the Shao Qing of Taichang Hall.

Others are people from Asian countries.

Cross toe (Vietnamese) people:

He Guang is the 56th Jinshi of Chen Geng Branch in the 4th year of tomorrow (1460). With He Guangtong, he went to Tianshun for four years (1460), and there was also a cross-toed Han, that is, Ruan, a native of Cishan County, Wuning Prefecture, northern Xinjiang, who was the 17 second-class scholar. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Shizhen recorded in "Mountain Hall Collection" that there were six people who passed the exam in the Ming Dynasty, including "Ruan, Cishan; He Guang, a native of Funing ". There are also related records in ancient books such as Jinshi Imperial Examination, Tribute Imperial Examination and Records of Filial Piety.

According to the records, He Guang, whose name is Yue Zhai, was born in Funing County. He used to be the editor-in-chief of Zhili hua county (now hua county, Henan Province) and the minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. He Guang is knowledgeable and has written inscriptions for many temples in Hua County. The title of the article is often "People are in Jiaozhou" (sometimes called Jiaozhou). Therefore, He Guang was recorded as "an official of Zhihua County in Zhili and a native of Funing County" in the Book of Appointments. The record of Henan Tongzhi is: He Guang "Huaxian people will be officials tomorrow". This may be the reason why He Guang works in Hua County.

It's not surprising that the Vietnamese in Jiaotoe countries took the imperial examination in China, and the Jinshi served as an official in North Korea. The countries with the same culture have always been vassal countries of our country. Every year, China students are eager to take the imperial examination and strive for fame, which will definitely have a great impact on the Vietnamese people in Jiaotuo. It is normal for students to yearn for the imperial examination fame. When the imperial court paid tribute to Vietnam, it also had an "imperial order" to "contribute" talents. For example, the Ming Dynasty had this requirement for countries that paid tribute to Vietnam. At that time, many people came to China. There were no strict residence regulations at that time. Live for a long time, when the "naturalized in China". It is not surprising that they took the imperial examination. In the third year of Xuande in Ming Dynasty (1428), toe-to-toe civil strife occurred, and the Ming court abandoned toe-to-toe civil strife. From then on, toe no longer belongs to China.

During the Ming Dynasty, it is difficult to count the number of Vietnamese who came to China, but in addition to the above-mentioned He Guang and Ruan, there were four people clearly recorded, namely: Li Yong, the 52nd Jinshi in the fifth year of Jingtai in the Ming Dynasty (1454), and a native of wei county, Jiaojifu; Ruan Qin, the 80th champion in the top three, is from Jiaotou Duoyi County. In the fifth year of Chenghua in Ming Dynasty (1469), Wang Jing was the seventy-eighth Jinshi in Xinfeng County, Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province. In the second year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1523), Chen Ru, the 26th Jinshi, was born in a Royal Guards.

These six people were admitted to the Jinshi after giving up their toes in the Ming Dynasty, and they all entered the officialdom of China as officials. Li Yong, the former magistrate of Liuyang County, Hunan Province and the magistrate of Daye County, Hubei Province; Ruan Qin successively served as the left and right Senate officer of Nanjing Dali Temple, the magistrate of Taizhou Prefecture, the left political commissar and political envoy of Shandong Province, the deputy governor of Youduchayuan and the governor of Shaanxi Province. Former Guangxi Liuzhou magistrate Ruan; He Guang (omitted); Wang Jing, a former magistrate of Qiongzhou, served as a doctor of punishments twice; Chen Ru, his ancestor Chen Shi, joined the Royal Guards in Yongle. Chen Ru has served as a magistrate in Zhejiang, an envoy in Shandong, an assistant minister in the criminal department of Nanjing, and a governor in Youdu.

Koreans:

In the Ming Dynasty, not only people crossed their toes, but also people from North Korea took the imperial examination in China. Wang Shizhen's "Bie Shan Tang Bie Ji" also records that in the fourth year of Ming Hongwu (137 1), there were three scholars in Xinhaike, among whom they ranked sixth in the top three, and were awarded the title of Chengcheng in Anqiu County, Shandong Province. However, he did not arrive at his post and returned to China as the Prime Minister. It seems that Tao Jin was highly valued by North Korea at that time. In Daming, he could only be a small county magistrate (the deputy of Qipin county magistrate), but when he returned to Lebanon, he could be a prime minister.

In fact, not only in the Ming Dynasty, but also in the Tang Dynasty. Jiang Gongfu, the left photograph of Tang Dezong Li Shishi, is Vietnamese. According to the Biography of Jiang Gongfu in the New Tang Dynasty, Jiang Gongfu was born in Rinan County, Aizhou (now Anding County, Qinghua Province, Vietnam). According to relevant historical records, Jiang Gongfu was born in Tianshui, Gansu, and his parents migrated. Tang Dezong Jinshi. In October of the fourth year of Jianzhong (738), Zhu Qiu led a rebel army to attack Fengtian, and Jiang Gongfu was promoted to a doctor of advice, both of whom were prime ministers of Zhongshu. After offending Tang Dezong, he was demoted as the left bastard and right bastard of the Prince, and was later dismissed from Quanzhou. In the twenty-first year of Tang Zhenyuan (805), Shunzong ascended the throne, and Jiang Gongfu served as the secretariat of Jizhou. He died in Jiuri Mountain, Quanzhou before taking office, and his tomb is still in Quanzhou.