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[[Image:Teijunsoku.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A monument to Tei Junsoku on the grounds of the [[Shiseibyo|Confucian temple]] in [[Kumemura|Kume]], [[Naha]].]]

[[Image:Teijunsoku.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A monument to Tei Junsoku on the grounds of the [[Shiseibyo|Confucian temple]] in [[Kumemura|Kume]], [[Naha]].]]

*''Born: [[1663]]/10/28''<ref name=lunar>Date is on the Okinawan lunar calendar.</ref>

*''Born: [[1663]]/10/28''<ref name=lunar>Date is on the Okinawan lunar calendar.</ref>

*''Died: [[1734]]/12/8''<ref name=lunar/>

*''Died: [[1734]]/12/8''<ref name=lunar/>

*''Other Names'': 名護親方寵文 ''(Nago [[ueekata]] Choubun)'', 宮里親雲上 ''(Miyazato [[peechin]])''

*''Other Names'': 名護親方寵文 ''(Nago [[ueekata]] Choubun)'', 宮里親雲上 ''(Miyazato [[peechin]])''

*''Japanese/Chinese'': [[程]]順則 ''(Tei Junsoku / Cheng Shunze)''

*''Japanese/Chinese'': [[程]]順則 ''(Tei Junsoku / Chéng Shùnzé)''

Tei Junsoku was a [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] [[Confucianism|Confucian scholar]] and government official, credited with numerous major educational reforms.

Tei Junsoku was a [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] [[Confucianism|Confucian scholar]] and government official, credited with numerous major educational reforms. He was the seventh head of Tei lineage of [[Kumemura]].<ref>Watanabe Miki 渡邊美季. "Ryûkyûjin gyôretsu to Edo" 「琉球人行列と江戸」, in ''Nihon kinsei seikatsu ehiki: Ryûkyûjin gyôretsu to Edo hen'' 日本近世生活絵引：琉球人行列と江戸編、Research Center for Nonwritten Cultural Materials, Institute for the Study of Japanese Folk Culture, Kanagawa University 神奈川大学日本常民文化研究所非文字資料研究センター (2020), 141.</ref>

Born into the [[Kumemura]] scholar-bureaucrat class, he spent four years in China as a youth, studying Confucianism, among other subjects.

Born into the [[Kumemura]] scholar-bureaucrat class, he spent four years in China as a youth, studying Confucianism, among other subjects. His father, [[Tei Taiso]]<!--程泰祚-->, was also a notable scholar-official, who journeyed to China as a member of at least two official missions.<ref>Barry D. Steben, “The Transmission of Neo-Confucianism to the Ryukyu (Liuqiu) Islands and its Historical Significance,” Sino-Japanese Studies, 11:1 (1998), 50.</ref>

He journeyed to China in [[1689]] as an official translator, residing there for four years. After his return, he presented copies of the [[Seventeen Histories]] (''shíqī shih''<!--１７史-->) to the Confucian temple. He traveled to China three more times, the fourth trip taking place in [[1707]], when he served as the vice-envoy on a [[tribute]] mission. Following his return, he had copies of the ''[[Six Courses in Morals]]'' (六諭衍義) printed, and presented copies to [[Satsuma han]], who in turn presented them to [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Yoshimune]]. The [[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate]] then distributed copies to ''[[terakoya]]'' to use as textbooks. In total, Junsoku traveled to China five times over the course of his career,<ref>Pamphlet, Kume [[Shiseibyo]].</ref> and to [[Edo]] at least once, as one of the ''shokanshi'' (secretaries) on the [[1714]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]].<ref>''Ryûkyû shisetsu, Edo e iku!'' 琉球使節、江戸へ行く！ Naha: Okinawa Prefectural Museum, 2009. p37.; Gallery labels, "Kuninda - Ryûkyû to Chûgoku no kakehashi," special exhibit, Okinawa Prefectural Museum, Sept 2014.</ref>

He journeyed to China in [[1689]] as an official translator, residing there for four years. After his return, he presented copies of the [[Seventeen Histories]] (''shíqī shih''<!--１７史-->) to the Confucian temple. He traveled to China three more times, the fourth trip taking place in [[1707]], when he served as the vice-envoy on a [[tribute]] mission. Following his return, he had copies of the ''[[Six Courses in Morals]]'' (六諭衍義) printed, and presented copies to [[Satsuma han]], who in turn presented them to [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Yoshimune]]. The [[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate]] then distributed copies to ''[[terakoya]]'' to use as textbooks. In total, Junsoku traveled to China five times over the course of his career,<ref>Pamphlet, Kume [[Shiseibyo]].</ref> and to [[Edo]] at least once, as one of the ''shokanshi'' (secretaries) on the [[1714]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]].<ref>''Ryûkyû shisetsu, Edo e iku!'' 琉球使節、江戸へ行く！ Naha: Okinawa Prefectural Museum, 2009. p37.; Gallery labels, "Kuninda - Ryûkyû to Chûgoku no kakehashi," special exhibit, Okinawa Prefectural Museum, Sept 2014.</ref>

In [[1718]], Junsoku established the [[Meirindo|Meirindô]] as a school for the children of Kumemura's scholar-bureaucrat class; it would later become the kingdom's first public school. The following year, at the peak of his career, in [[1719]], he held the rank of ''[[shikin daifu]]'' (紫金大夫) and the post of ''[[Kumemura soyaku|Kumemura sôyaku]]'' (head of the administration of Kumemura). A [[Chinese investiture envoys|Chinese investiture]] mission visited the kingdom that same year, and Junsoku is said to have become lifelong friends with the deputy envoy of that mission, [[Xu Baoguang]], with whom he actively exchanged poetry and otherwise remained in communication.

In [[1718]], Junsoku established the [[Meirindo|Meirindô]] as a school for the children of Kumemura's scholar-bureaucrat class; it would later become the kingdom's first public school. The following year, at the peak of his career, in [[1719]], he held the rank of ''[[shikin daifu]]'' (紫金大夫) and the post of ''[[Kumemura soyaku|Kumemura sôyaku]]'' (head of the administration of Kumemura). A [[Chinese investiture envoys|Chinese investiture]] mission visited the kingdom that same year, and Junsoku is said to have become lifelong friends with the deputy envoy of that mission, [[Xu Baoguang]], with whom he actively exchanged poetry and otherwise remained in communication.