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*''Chinese/Japanese'': 全 魁 ''(Quan Kui / Zen Kai)''
Quan Kui was a Chinese bureaucrat and diplomat who led the [[1756]]-[[1757]] [[Chinese investiture mission]] to the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]], where he officially invested [[Sho Boku|Shô Boku]], on behalf of the Qing Imperial Court, with the title and powers of King of Ryûkyû.
A Manchu, he held the post of imperial tutor at the Hanlin Academy<ref name=wonder>"Zen kai sho." Okinawa Prefectural Government. ''Ô-chô jidai no bijutsu to sho'' (王朝時代の美術と書, "Writings and Art of the Dynastic Period"). [http://www.wonder-okinawa.jp/013/J/art/dynasty/cal10.html Wonder-Okinawa.jp]. 2003. Accessed 14 October 2009.</ref>.
On the way to Okinawa, the envoys' ship ran aground on coral, and was shipwrecked; everyone made it safely to shore on [[Kumejima]], however, where they erected a shrine to [[Tenpi]] (aka Matsu or Mazu), Taoist patron goddess of sailor and of navigation, in thanks<ref>"Shû Kô". ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia"). [http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-41657-storytopic-121.html Ryukyu Shimpo] (琉球新報). 1 March 2003. Accessed 14 October 2009.</ref>.
After arriving in [[Shuri]] and performing the necessary ceremonies and exchanges of gifts, Quan Kui and his fellow envoys remained in Okinawa for roughly seven months<ref>Hirata, Tsugumasa (trans.). Chou, Huang. ''Ryûkyû-koku shiryaku''. Tokyo: San-ichi Shobô, 1977.</ref>.
An example of calligraphy attributed to Quan Kui and dated to his time in Ryûkyû (1756) survives today, in an Okinawan collection. Though it is said that Quan's calligraphy was quite poor, and that he generally had a scribe write for him, the signature and seal on this work are his<ref name=wonder/>.
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Diplomats]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
Quan Kui was a Chinese bureaucrat and diplomat who led the [[1756]]-[[1757]] [[Chinese investiture mission]] to the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]], where he officially invested [[Sho Boku|Shô Boku]], on behalf of the Qing Imperial Court, with the title and powers of King of Ryûkyû.
A Manchu, he held the post of imperial tutor at the Hanlin Academy<ref name=wonder>"Zen kai sho." Okinawa Prefectural Government. ''Ô-chô jidai no bijutsu to sho'' (王朝時代の美術と書, "Writings and Art of the Dynastic Period"). [http://www.wonder-okinawa.jp/013/J/art/dynasty/cal10.html Wonder-Okinawa.jp]. 2003. Accessed 14 October 2009.</ref>.
On the way to Okinawa, the envoys' ship ran aground on coral, and was shipwrecked; everyone made it safely to shore on [[Kumejima]], however, where they erected a shrine to [[Tenpi]] (aka Matsu or Mazu), Taoist patron goddess of sailor and of navigation, in thanks<ref>"Shû Kô". ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia"). [http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-41657-storytopic-121.html Ryukyu Shimpo] (琉球新報). 1 March 2003. Accessed 14 October 2009.</ref>.
After arriving in [[Shuri]] and performing the necessary ceremonies and exchanges of gifts, Quan Kui and his fellow envoys remained in Okinawa for roughly seven months<ref>Hirata, Tsugumasa (trans.). Chou, Huang. ''Ryûkyû-koku shiryaku''. Tokyo: San-ichi Shobô, 1977.</ref>.
An example of calligraphy attributed to Quan Kui and dated to his time in Ryûkyû (1756) survives today, in an Okinawan collection. Though it is said that Quan's calligraphy was quite poor, and that he generally had a scribe write for him, the signature and seal on this work are his<ref name=wonder/>.
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Diplomats]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]