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Louis le Comte (1655–1728), also Louis-Daniel Lecomte, was a French 
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
Jesuit
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and mathematician who participated in the 1687 French Jesuit mission to China
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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
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in 1696, caused great debate within the Chinese Rites Controversy.
By 1696, he had been appointed Mathematician to the King of France.
See also
*Jesuit China missions
The history of the missions of the Jesuits in China is part of the history of Foreign relations of China, relations between China and the Western world. The missionary efforts and other work of the Society of Jesus, or Jesuits, between the 16th a ...
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References
*N. Standaert ''The interweaving of rituals: funerals in the cultural exchange between China and Europe'', University of Washington Press, 2008, , * Xiping Zhang, Deshu Ding, Jinping Ye, Xiping Zhang, Deshu Ding, Jinping Ye ''Following the Steps of Matteo Ricci to China'', published by 五洲传播出版社 (Wu zhou chuan bo chu ban she), Beijing, 2006 , {{DEFAULTSORT:Louis Le Comte 17th-century French Jesuits 1655 births 1728 deaths French Roman Catholic missionaries Jesuit missionaries in China French missionaries in China