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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.

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>.

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>, having passed the [[Chinese Imperial examinations]] (''jinshi'') in [[1751]]<ref>Schottenhammer, Angela. "The East Asian maritime world, 1400-1800: Its fabrics of power and dynamics of exchanges - China and her neighbors." in Schottenhammer (ed.) ''The East Asian maritime world, 1400-1800: Its fabrics of power and dynamics of exchanges''. Harrassowitz Verlag, 2007. p45.</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>. Before continuing on to the Ryukyuan port of [[Naha]], the mission returned to Fuzhou, where it regrouped and set out for Ryûkyû aboard a new ship, arriving in winter<ref name=chen>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. pp135-164.</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>. Before continuing on to the Ryukyuan port of [[Naha]], the mission returned to Fuzhou, where it regrouped and set out for Ryûkyû aboard a new ship, arriving in winter<ref name=chen>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. pp135-164.</ref>.