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1713: A Year of Significance HAN Qi Institute for the History of Natural Sciences, CAS Significant for What? 1 A Year of celebration: 60th birthday, 18th day of the 3rd month of 52th year of the Kangxi emperor 万寿盛典 2 Establishment of the Academy of Mathematics Suanxue guan，算学馆 What happened during the celebration? Who attended the celebration? What happened afterwards? Reconstruction of the Academy Mathématiciens du Roy Jean de Fontaney 1643-1710 , Joachim Bouvet 1656-1730 , Claude de Visdelou 1656-1737 , J.-F. Gerbillon 1654-1707 ，Louis le Comte 1655-1728 . Feb. 1688, arrival in Beijing 1. To glorify the French King. Padroado 2. For the propagation of Gospel in China 3. For the perfection of the arts and sciences Astronomical instruments: Gifts for the emperor 浑天器两个、座子两个、象显器两个、双合象显器三个、看星千里镜两个、看星度器一个、看时辰铜圈三个、量天器一个、看天文时锥子五个，天文经书共六箱，西洋地理图五张，磁石一小箱，共计大中小三十箱。 The Emperor’s Tutors in Mathematics ca.1689-1691, teaching of mathematics at court Tomé Pereira 1645-1708 Portuguese Antoine Thomas 1644-1709 Belgian J. Bouvet 1656-1730 French J.-F. Gerbillon 1654-1707 French Mathematical translations Gaston Ignace Pardies 1636-1673 , Elemens de Geometrie, ou par une methode courte aisee lon peut apprendre ce quil faut scavoir dEuclide, dArchimede, dApollonius, les plus belles inventions des anciens des nouveaux Geometres. 1671 Suanfa yuanben book VII of Euclids Elements Antoine Thomas, Synopsis mathematica complectens varios tractatus quos hujus scientiae tyronibus et missionariis Sinicae candidatis breviter et clare concinnavit P. Antonius Thomas e Societate Iesu 1685 《算法纂要总纲》 algebra Pardies’ Elemens de Geometrie in Manchu A preparation period? ca. 1691-1713. Preparation of young mathematicians Kangxi emperor 1654-1722 Li Guangdi 1642-1718 Mei Wending 1633-1721 Drawings: 康熙南巡VS万寿盛典 Grand tour of the South: visit of Observatory in Nanjing 1689 1）audiences with the missionaries 2）exchanges of gifts What happened before the cele