A quick google of "Quesnay European Confucius" will quickly turn up numerous sources on this. He studied Confucius and advocated Confucianism specifically during his day, very much approving of its deemphasis on theism and a greater emphasis on rationality as a supporter for authority within the Enlightenment context. BTW, apparently Goethe was called the "Confucius of Weimar." Barkley Rosser