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Joachim Bouvet (Chinese: 白晋 or 白進, courtesy name: 明远) (July 18, 1656, in Le Mans – June 28, 1730, in Peking) was a French Jesuit who worked in China, and the leading member of the Figurist movement.
Joachim Bouvet (1656-1730) was one of the six French Jesuits sent by Louis XIV to China in the late seventeenth century. He was a mathematician, cartographer, diplomat and biblical interpreter who tried to bridge the cultures of China and Europe.
Joachim Bouvet (Le Mans, 18 juillet 1656 - Pékin, 28 juin 1730), nom chinois:Bai Jin 白晋 / 白進, prénom social: Mingyuan 明远) était un mathématicien jésuite français entré au service de l’empereur Kangxi en 1690 comme professeur, cartographe et légat de Louis XIV [1].
Joachim Bouvet (Le Mans 1656 - Pequín 1730) jesuïta missioner francès que va desenvolupar una important tasca com a científic a la Xina durant el regnat de l'emperador Kangxi a principis de la dinastia Qing.
Joachim Bouvet was one such petitioner; he approached Leibniz with a complete philosophy built from Christian dogma, Hermetic magic, Chinese classics, and Leibniz's binary arithmetic. In the course of their correspondence Bouvet attempts to claim Leibniz's system for his international Christianity.
Learn about the life and work of Joachim Bouvet, a French Jesuit who taught mathematics and philosophy to the emperor of China and tried to find biblical figures in the Chinese classics. He was also involved in the Chinese Rites Controversy and corresponded with Leibniz.
Joachim Bouvet was a French Jesuit missionary who studied the Book of Changes in the Qing palace with Emperor Kangxi's permission. This article analyzes the cultural conversation between China and the West based on Bouvet's original document and other sources.
