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'''Avidor Boruch''' also known as '''Wang Ming''' (1582-1665) was a [[Zorfashazi]] Jew who served the [[Daxia|Qian dynasty]] as is best known for being the court's Chief Astronomer under emperors [[Dizong]] and [[Baizou]]. He also founded and served as first director of the Imperial Observatory for forty years. His service as an imperial advisor spanned the reign of three different emperors, of which he personally tutored two. The discovery of the [[Kalgan]] planetoid is attributed to him. | '''Avidor Boruch''' also known as '''Wang Ming''' (1582-1665) was a [[Zorfashazi]] Jew who served the [[Daxia|Qian dynasty]] as is best known for being the court's Chief Astronomer under emperors [[Dizong]] and [[Baizou]]. He also founded and served as first director of the Imperial Observatory for forty years. His service as an imperial advisor spanned the reign of three different emperors, of which he personally tutored two. The discovery of the [[Kalgan]] planetoid is attributed to him. | ||
He was the first Jew in Qian service to officially be granted a bureaucrat's hat and robe. He became one of the most renowned Jews in service to a [[Daxia]]n dynasty, many who followed him would play | He was the first Jew in Qian service to officially be granted a bureaucrat's hat and robe. He became one of the most renowned Jews in service to a [[Daxia]]n dynasty, many who followed him would play important roles in the development of various scientific fields. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===Early life and sale to the Qian=== | ===Early life and sale to the Qian=== | ||
===Court astronomer=== | ===Court astronomer=== | ||
===Inventions=== | |||
====Zhong gui==== | |||
Heavy cart, has outer shell that rotates on its axis, has holes for muskets and blades attached to outer shell that spin along the cart and decapitate people | |||
====Hulu Hua or exploding gourd==== | |||
Gourd land mines | |||
====Serrated ball contraptions==== | |||
Some type of hollow wooden ball with attached serrated discs to fling at enemy formations | |||
===Later life=== | ===Later life=== | ||