continuator meaning in English

n.
〔拉丁语〕继续者，续作者。

For that and for much else i would like to be his continuator
因为这个，和其他很多原因，我愿意是他的后继者。
With compared xu ' s thought of moral cultivation with chen xianzhang ' s and wang yangming ' s , it was concluded that xu was more a continuator and then it seemed that his thoughts was thin in theory , xu was open to christianity as wide as to western culture . with the help of christianity , xu attempted to induce human nature into the way to goodness that is of human originally . moreover , h e stressed that christianity was of assistance to confucianism and buddhism , i . e . , it had the capacity to reinforce feudality ' s governing
在宗教教化思想这个问题上，徐光启对待基督教这一外来文化的心胸同对待西学一样是非常开放的，徐光启试图用基督教的力量把人性引上发乎本心的善的道路，强调宗教在“补儒易佛”上能够对社会文化实现比较积极的调和作用，他还认为基督教可以“左右儒术，救正佛法” ，它有“补益王化”的政教功能。