Kangxi made him the bearer of a gift of forty - nine volumes in Chinese for the French king .
Bouvet later served as the Chinese emperor 's envoy to France , and returned to his home country in 1697 with instructions from the emperor to obtain new missionaries .
Kangxi made Bouvet the bearer of a gift of forty - nine volumes in Chinese for the France king .
Bouvet later served as the Chinese emperor 's envoy to France , and returned to his home country in 1697 with instructions from the emperor to obtain new missionaries .