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'''Jean de Fontaney''' (1643–1710) was a French [[Jesuit]] who led a mission to [[China]] in 1687.<ref name=:0>Mungello, p. 329</ref>

Jean de Fontaney had been a teacher of [[mathematics]] and [[astronomy]] at the [[College Louis le Grand]]. He was asked by king [[Louis XIV]] to set up a mission to China, following a request by [[Ferdinand Verbiest]], in order to spread French and Catholic influence at the Chinese court with the pretext of transmitting scientific knowledge.<ref name=:0>Mungello, p. 329</ref> Jean de Fontaney assembled a group of five other Jesuits to accompany him, all highly skilled in sciences, namely [[Joachim Bouvet]], [[Jean-François Gerbillon]], [[Louis-Daniel Lecomte]], [[Guy Tachard]], and [[Claude de Visdelou]].

Guy Tachard remained in [[Ayutthaya Kingdom|Ayutthaya]] where he was to have a major role, while Jean de Fontaney led the four remaining Fathers to China, where they arrived in February 1688. Upon their arrival in [[Beijing]] they were received by the [[Kangxi Emperor]] who was favorably impressed by them and retained Jean-François Gerbillion and Joachim Bouvet at the court.

Jean de Fontaney returned to Europe in 1702, where he became Rector of the [[Collège Royal Henry-Le-Grand]] in [[La Flèche]] until his death there in 1710.

==See also==
* [[Jesuit China missions]]

==Notes==
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==References==
*David E. Mungello ''Curious land: Jesuit accommodation and the origins of Sinology'', University of Hawaii Press, 1989, {{ISBN|0-8248-1219-0}}, {{ISBN|978-0-8248-1219-5}}

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