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*''Japanese'': [[蔡]]邦錦 ''(Sai Houkin)''
*''Japanese'': [[蔡]]邦錦 ''(Sai Houkin)''
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]] that same 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 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.
At some point after 1800, Sai Hôkin returned to Beijing at least one more time, as Secretary to the two chief tribute envoys.
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