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'''Louis le Comte''' (1655–1728), also '''Louis-Daniel Lecomte''', was a French [[Jesuit]] and mathematician who participated in the 1687 French Jesuit mission to [[China]] under [[Jean de Fontaney]]. He arrived in China on 7 February 1688.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=9RLH18MQXGUC&pg=PA184&dq=%22Louis+le+Comte%22+Jesuit Standaert, p.184]</ref><br />
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[[File:Kangxi Emperor 1686.jpg|thumb|Engraving of Kangxi Emperor from le Comte's ''Nouveaux Memoires'']]<br />
He returned to France in 1691 as Procurator of the Jesuits.<ref>Standaert, p.185</ref> 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]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=o_u2P83LgGUC&pg=PA156&dq=%22Louis+le+Comte%22+Jesuit Xiping Zhang, p.186]</ref><br />
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By 1696, he had been appointed Mathematician to the King of France.<ref>{{cite book|last=le Comte|first=Louis|title=Nouveaux memoires sur l'etat present de la Chine|url=https://archive.org/details/gri_000133125010712483|page=title page|date=1696|place=Paris}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Jesuit China missions]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
*N. Standaert ''The interweaving of rituals: funerals in the cultural exchange between China and Europe'', University of Washington Press, 2008, {{ISBN|0-295-98823-1}}, {{ISBN|978-0-295-98823-8}}<br />
* 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 {{ISBN|7-5085-0982-X}}, {{ISBN|978-7-5085-0982-2}}<br />
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