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When the system began, it was only the children of kings and ''[[anji]]'' (high-ranking local/regional nobles), i.e. the community of [[Shuri]], the royal capital, who were able to study in Beijing; however, from the reign of [[Sho Shin|Shô Shin]] (r. [[1477]]-[[1526]]) onwards, children of scholar-aristocrat families from [[Kumemura]] began to be sent as well. For a time, it became standard for three students from Shuri, and three from Kumemura, to be sent at a time. | When the system began, it was only the children of kings and ''[[anji]]'' (high-ranking local/regional nobles), i.e. the community of [[Shuri]], the royal capital, who were able to study in Beijing; however, from the reign of [[Sho Shin|Shô Shin]] (r. [[1477]]-[[1526]]) onwards, children of scholar-aristocrat families from [[Kumemura]] began to be sent as well. For a time, it became standard for three students from Shuri, and three from Kumemura, to be sent at a time. | ||
| − | Over the course of a 476 year period, from [[1392]] until [[1868]], roughly 100 Ryukyuan students studied at the ''Guozijuan''. A | + | Over the course of a 476 year period, from [[1392]] until [[1868]], roughly 100 Ryukyuan students studied at the ''Guozijuan''. A much larger number of Ryukyuan students engaged in study (''kingaku''<!--勤学-->) at the two [[Ryukyu-kan|Ryûkyû-kan]], in [[Fuzhou]] and in [[Satsuma han|Kagoshima]]. |
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Revision as of 17:45, 29 March 2013
- Japanese: 官生 (kanshou)
Over the course of the history of the Ryûkyû Kingdom, a small number of Ryukyuan students from aristocratic and royal families were sent to study at the National Academy (Guozijuan) in Beijing.
When the system began, it was only the children of kings and anji (high-ranking local/regional nobles), i.e. the community of Shuri, the royal capital, who were able to study in Beijing; however, from the reign of Shô Shin (r. 1477-1526) onwards, children of scholar-aristocrat families from Kumemura began to be sent as well. For a time, it became standard for three students from Shuri, and three from Kumemura, to be sent at a time.
Over the course of a 476 year period, from 1392 until 1868, roughly 100 Ryukyuan students studied at the Guozijuan. A much larger number of Ryukyuan students engaged in study (kingaku) at the two Ryûkyû-kan, in Fuzhou and in Kagoshima.
References
- "Kanshô," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia 沖縄コンパクト事典, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
