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*''Died: [[1804]]''
*''Chinese'': 趙文楷 ''(Zhao Wenkai)''
Zhao Wenkai was a Chinese scholar-official who served as lead envoy on an [[Chinese investiture envoys|investiture mission]] to the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] in [[1800]] alongside vice-envoy [[Li Dingyuan]].
Zhao was the ''zhuangyuan'', the top-scoring candidate completing the [[Chinese Imperial examinations|Confucian civil service exams]] in [[1796]]. He was described by the [[Jiaqing Emperor]] as a capable official, and in good health, before departing for Ryûkyû in 1800.
On the return from the mission, however, the envoys endured pirate attacks and great storms, and it is said that the harrowing experience had a deleterious effect on Zhao's constitution. He died four years later.
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==References==
*Ch'en, Ta-Tuan. "Investiture of Liu-Ch'iu Kings in the Ch'ing Period." in Fairbank, John King (ed.) ''The Chinese World Order''. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1968. p142.
[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
*''Chinese'': 趙文楷 ''(Zhao Wenkai)''
Zhao Wenkai was a Chinese scholar-official who served as lead envoy on an [[Chinese investiture envoys|investiture mission]] to the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] in [[1800]] alongside vice-envoy [[Li Dingyuan]].
Zhao was the ''zhuangyuan'', the top-scoring candidate completing the [[Chinese Imperial examinations|Confucian civil service exams]] in [[1796]]. He was described by the [[Jiaqing Emperor]] as a capable official, and in good health, before departing for Ryûkyû in 1800.
On the return from the mission, however, the envoys endured pirate attacks and great storms, and it is said that the harrowing experience had a deleterious effect on Zhao's constitution. He died four years later.
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==References==
*Ch'en, Ta-Tuan. "Investiture of Liu-Ch'iu Kings in the Ch'ing Period." in Fairbank, John King (ed.) ''The Chinese World Order''. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1968. p142.
[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]