Joachim Bouvet

Joachim Bouvet
Plate from Joachim Bouvet's Etat présent de la Chine (1697)
Chinese	白晋 or 白進
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Bái Jìn Wade–Giles Pái Chìn IPA [pǎɪ tɕîn]
Courtesy name
Chinese	明远
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Míng Yuǎn Wade–Giles Míng Yüǎn Yale Romanization Míng Ywǎn

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.