Cibot, Pierre-Martial

Family name: Cibot
Given name(s): Pierre-Martial
Chinese Name (Pinyin): Han Guoying
Chinese Name (Simplified): 韩国英
Chinese Name (Traditional): 韓國英
Religious affiliation: Catholic - Jesuit
Date of Birth: August 14, 1727
Date of Death: August 8, 1780
Language(s): French (FR, FRE); Latin; Chinese (ZH, CHI)
Biography: Pierre-Martial Cibot (1727–1780) was a French Jesuit missionary and scholar. He entered the Society of Jesus in the province of Aquitaine in 1743. After teaching humanities, he departed for China in 1758 at his own request, arriving in Beijing in June 1760. He served primarily at the imperial court for the next two decades, engaging in scientific and historical studies. Cibot contributed to the <i>Mémoires concernant l'histoire, les sciences, les arts, les mœurs, les usages, etc. des Chinois</i>, writing on topics ranging from Chinese botany and hydromechanics to comparative customs. He also maintained pastoral duties, overseeing congregations in Beijing. Cibot died in China in 1780.
Bibliography: Joseph Dehergne, Répertoire des Jésuites de Chine de 1552 à 1800 (Rome: Institutum Historicum S.I., 1973), p. 176.; Louis Pfister, Notices biographiques et bibliographiques sur les Jésuites de l'ancienne Mission de Chine: 1552-1773, (Imprimerie de la mission Catholique, Shanghai, 1932-1934), vol. 2, pp. 890-902

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