Editing Jean Joseph Marie Amiot (section)

== Suppression of the Jesuits ==
In 1762 the [[Parlement of Paris]] ordered the [[suppression of the Society of Jesus]] and the confiscation of its property.{{sfn|Rochemonteix|1915|p=99}} The society was abolished in France two years later, by the order of King [[Louis XV]].{{sfn|Hermans|2019|p=251}} The Jesuit mission in China survived for a while after their suppression, being protected by the Qianlong Emperor himself.{{sfn|Marin|2008|p=17}} The final blow, however, would be [[Pope Clement XIV]]'s brief, ''[[Dominus ac Redemptor]]'', issued on July 21, 1773, with which the Bishop of Rome officially ordered the suppression of the Society of Jesus. The brief reached the French Jesuits in China on September 22, 1775{{sfn|Rochemonteix|1915|p=180}} via a German [[Carmelite]] named Joseph de Sainte-Thérèse.{{sfn|Rochemonteix|1915|pp=151,193}} The Jesuits of Beijing surrendered to it, resigned from the Society of Jesus and became secular priests.{{sfn|Marin|2008|p=17}}{{sfn|Rochemonteix|1915|p=194}} Wishing to keep the French mission alive, King [[Louis XVI]] sent them financial aid and appointed François Bourgeois as their administrator.{{sfn|Marin|2008|p=20}}{{sfn|Rochemonteix|1915|p=219}} Amiot was named as Bourgeois' replacement in the event of his absence.{{sfn|Hermans|2019|p=253}}

Subsequently, Amiot turned his attention to writing. He maintained contact with [[Henri Bertin]], the foreign minister of France. His correspondences were published from 1776 to 1791 in the {{lang|fr|Mémoires concernant l’histoire, les sciences, les arts, les mœurs et les usages des Chinois}}.{{sfn|Hermans|2019|p=254}} He also corresponded with other European Academies, including brief contacts with the [[Imperial Academy of Sciences]] and the [[Royal Society]].{{sfn|Hermans|2019|pp=245–246}}