Michael Shen Fu-Tsung
Michael Alphonsus Shen Fu-Tsung | |||||||||
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The Chinese Convert, a portrait of Shen Fu-Tsung by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1687 | |||||||||
| Born | c. 1658 | ||||||||
| Died | 1691 (aged c. 33) | ||||||||
| Occupation | Mandarin | ||||||||
| Known for | Being an early Chinese visitor to Western Europe | ||||||||
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| Chinese | 沈福宗 | ||||||||
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Michael Alphonsus Shen Fu-Tsung, SJ, also known as Michel Sin, Michel Chin-fo-tsoung, Shen Fo-tsung, or Shen Fuzong (Chinese: 沈福宗; pinyin: Shěn Fúzōng; Wade–Giles: Shen Fu-tsung, c. 1658 – 1691), was a Chinese mandarin and Jesuit from Nanjing.
He was a convert to Catholicism who was brought to Europe by the Flemish Jesuit priest Philippe Couplet, Procurator of the China Jesuit Missions in Rome. They left Macau in 1681 and visited together Flanders, Italy, France, and England. He later became a Jesuit in Portugal and died near Mozambique while returning home.