Louis le Comte
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Louis le Comte also Louis-Daniel Lecomte, was a French Jesuit who participated in the 1687 French Jesuit mission to China
under Jean de Fontaney
. He arrived in China on 7 February 1688.
He returned to France in 1691 as Procurator of the Jesuits. His Nouveau mémoire sur l'état présent de la Chine, which was published in Paris
in 1696, caused great debate within the Chinese Rites Controversy
.
China
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under Jean de Fontaney
Jean de Fontaney
Jean de Fontaney was a French Jesuit who led a mission to China in 1687.Jean de Fontaney had been a teacher of mathematics and astronomy at the College Louis le Grand...
. He arrived in China on 7 February 1688.
He returned to France in 1691 as Procurator of the Jesuits. His Nouveau mémoire sur l'état présent de la Chine, which was published in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
in 1696, caused great debate within the Chinese Rites Controversy
Chinese Rites controversy
The Chinese Rites controversy was a dispute within the Catholic Church from the 1630s to the early 18th century about whether Chinese folk religion rites and offerings to the emperor constituted idolatry...
.