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*''Born: [[1806]]/8/29''
*''Died: [[1850]]/7/4''
*''Japanese'': [[魏]] 学賢 ''(Gi Gakuken)''

Gi Gakuken was a [[Scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan scholar-aristocrat]] who traveled as a musician on the [[1842]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]], and to China in [[1844]].

Originally from [[Kumemura]], Gi would have been well-trained in a variety of traditional arts. In addition to serving as a musician, he composed numerous Chinese-style poems (''[[kanshi]]'') during his 1842 journey in Japan; these were published in Japan the following year, alongside poems by the lead envoy of that mission, [[Urasoe Choki|Urasoe Chôki]], and the ''gieisei'' (head of processional music) [[Tei Gen'i]].

While resident in [[Fuzhou]] in 1844, Gi received from the British consul the opportunity to create and keep a copy of the 1842 [[Treaty of Nanjing]].

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==References==
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/okinawa-dic/prentry-41026.html Gi Gakuken]," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
*''Shirarezaru Ryûkyû shisetsu'' 知られざる琉球使節, Fukuyama-shi Tomonoura rekishi minzoku shiryôkan (2006), 46.

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[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
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