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Created page with "*''Born: 1571/8/15'' *''Died: 1643/6/16'' *''Japanese/Chinese'': 毛国鼎 ''(Mou Kokutei / Máo Guódǐng)'' Mô Kokutei, or Máo Guódǐng, was the founder of t..."
*''Born: [[1571]]/8/15''
*''Died: [[1643]]/6/16''
*''Japanese/Chinese'': [[毛]]国鼎 ''(Mou Kokutei / Máo Guódǐng)''
Mô Kokutei, or Máo Guódǐng, was the founder of the [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan scholar-aristocrat]] [[Mo family|Mô family]] of [[Kumemura]].
Originally from [[Zhangzhou]] in [[Fujian province]], in [[1600]] Mao aided a Ryukyuan mission which had been driven off-course, sailing them home to [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]]. As a result of this connection, during the [[1606]] [[Ryukyuan tribute missions to China|Ryukyuan tribute mission to China]], Mao served as interpreter. He was later appointed ''seigi dayû'' (the highest [[Ryukyuan court ranks|court rank]] a person of Kumemura could achieve).
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==References==
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-43143-storytopic-121.html Mô Kokutei]," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia 沖縄コンパクト事典, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
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*''Died: [[1643]]/6/16''
*''Japanese/Chinese'': [[毛]]国鼎 ''(Mou Kokutei / Máo Guódǐng)''
Mô Kokutei, or Máo Guódǐng, was the founder of the [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan scholar-aristocrat]] [[Mo family|Mô family]] of [[Kumemura]].
Originally from [[Zhangzhou]] in [[Fujian province]], in [[1600]] Mao aided a Ryukyuan mission which had been driven off-course, sailing them home to [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]]. As a result of this connection, during the [[1606]] [[Ryukyuan tribute missions to China|Ryukyuan tribute mission to China]], Mao served as interpreter. He was later appointed ''seigi dayû'' (the highest [[Ryukyuan court ranks|court rank]] a person of Kumemura could achieve).
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==References==
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-43143-storytopic-121.html Mô Kokutei]," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia 沖縄コンパクト事典, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Foreigners]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Nobility]]