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*''Chinese/Japanese'': [[夏]] 子陽 ''(Xià Zǐyáng / Ka Shiyô)''
Xià Zǐyáng was a [[Ming dynasty]] official who in [[1606]] headed the last [[Chinese investiture envoys|Ming investiture embassy]] to the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] prior to the [[Shimazu clan]] [[invasion of Ryukyu|invasion of Ryûkyû]] in [[1609]].
Xià journeyed to Ryûkyû in 1606 for the [[investiture]] of Ryukyuan King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]]. His official report, the ''[[Shi Ryukyu roku|Shǐ liúqiú lù]]'' (J: ''Shi Ryûkyû roku''), suggests considerable concerns about an impending Japanese invasion and a relative lack of concern on the part of Ryukyuan leadership. Xià describes the kingdom as having remained independent this long not because of military strength but because of its remote location, and writes that Ryukyuan leadership continued to rely on their remoteness and on the protection of deities, dismissing rumors of invasion and reports of massing ships, and refusing to devote any significant resources or urgency to defensive preparations.
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==References==
*Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 223.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Foreigners]]
[[Category:Diplomats]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
Xià Zǐyáng was a [[Ming dynasty]] official who in [[1606]] headed the last [[Chinese investiture envoys|Ming investiture embassy]] to the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] prior to the [[Shimazu clan]] [[invasion of Ryukyu|invasion of Ryûkyû]] in [[1609]].
Xià journeyed to Ryûkyû in 1606 for the [[investiture]] of Ryukyuan King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]]. His official report, the ''[[Shi Ryukyu roku|Shǐ liúqiú lù]]'' (J: ''Shi Ryûkyû roku''), suggests considerable concerns about an impending Japanese invasion and a relative lack of concern on the part of Ryukyuan leadership. Xià describes the kingdom as having remained independent this long not because of military strength but because of its remote location, and writes that Ryukyuan leadership continued to rely on their remoteness and on the protection of deities, dismissing rumors of invasion and reports of massing ships, and refusing to devote any significant resources or urgency to defensive preparations.
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==References==
*Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 223.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Foreigners]]
[[Category:Diplomats]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
