Foë is the transcription under which is mentioned the Bouddha (of fó, 佛, Buddha in Chinese) in the encyclopedia Bouillet (middle of the 19th century), with the following definition:

Foë: founder of a religious branch which counts many partisans in China. It is one of many the Bouddha S which appeared in Asia. One gives birth to it in the India, with Bénarès, or in the Cachemire, approx. 1027 years front J. - C. It reformed the religion of Brachanes, proscribed the distinction of the Caste S and the inequality of the men, and taught doctrines whose basic principles are not to lie, to respect the good of others, not to kill any alive creature, to abstain from wine, to avoid the impurity, to accept in rewards and punishments after the life. Its doctrines did not start to be spread in China that approximately 200 years before J. - C. Its priests name Bonze S and live joined together in monasteries.

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