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Sai Hôkin was a [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan scholar-official]] who traveled to Beijing and Edo on several occasions. He served as a musician on the [[1790]] [[Ryukyuan mission to Edo]], and as a [[Ryukyuan students in China|student]] or other low-ranking member of a [[Ryukyuan tribute missions to China|mission to Beijing]] the following year.

Sai Hôkin was a [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan scholar-official]] who traveled to Beijing and Edo on several occasions. He served as a musician on the [[1790]] [[Ryukyuan mission to Edo]], and as a [[Ryukyuan students in China|student]] or other low-ranking member of a [[Ryukyuan tribute missions to China|mission to Beijing]] the following year.

He traveled to Edo again as a member of the [[1796]] mission, and was interviewed in [[Edo]], alongside [[Tei Shokan|Tei Shôkan]], by [[Akazaki Kaimon]], regarding their experiences in China. These conversations were then published as ''[[Ryukaku danki|Ryûkaku danki]]'', and remain a notable source for historians today investigating Ryûkyû-China-Japan relations.

He traveled to Edo again as a master musician (''gakushi'') on the [[1796]] mission, and was interviewed in [[Edo]], alongside [[Tei Shokan|Tei Shôkan]], by [[Akazaki Kaimon]], regarding their experiences in China. These conversations were then published as ''[[Ryukaku danki|Ryûkaku danki]]'', and remain a notable source for historians today investigating Ryûkyû-China-Japan relations.<ref>[[Akazaki Kaimon]] 赤崎海門, ''[[Ryukaku danki|Ryûkaku danki]]'' 「琉客談記」 1796, reprinted in ''Shiseki shûran'' 「史籍集覧」, vol 16, Kyoto: Rinsen shoten (1996), 632.</ref>

At some point after 1800, Sai Hôkin returned to Beijing at least one more time, as Secretary to the two chief tribute envoys.

At some point after 1800, Sai Hôkin returned to Beijing at least one more time, as Secretary to the two chief tribute envoys.

*Maehira Fusaaki, ''Ryûkyû shisetsu no ikoku taiken'' 琉球使節の異国体験, ''Kokusai kôryû'' 国際交流 59 (1992), 63.

*Maehira Fusaaki, ''Ryûkyû shisetsu no ikoku taiken'' 琉球使節の異国体験, ''Kokusai kôryû'' 国際交流 59 (1992), 63.

*Ta-Tuan Ch’en, “Sino–Liu-Ch'iuan Relations in the Nineteenth Century,” PhD dissertation, Indiana University (1963), 124-125.

*Ta-Tuan Ch’en, “Sino–Liu-Ch'iuan Relations in the Nineteenth Century,” PhD dissertation, Indiana University (1963), 124-125.

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