The court of King Louis of France imitated the Chinese emperor's spring rituals, philosophers quoted Confucius at every turn, politicians introduced the Chinese civil service system, economists passionately debated China's physiocracy (the theory that agriculture is of supreme importance in a nation's economy), and Chinese literary works were translated into European languages.
這時候，歐洲也正瀰漫著一股中國熱，法國路易王朝仿中國皇帝春祀，哲學家言必孔子，政治家引進中國的文官制度，經濟學家熱切討論中國的重農主義，中國文學作品也被譯介到歐洲。