Chen Kan

• Born: 1489
• Died: 1538
• Chinese: 陳侃 (Chén kǎn)

Chén Kǎn was a Ming Dynasty scholar-official who served as the leader of a Chinese investiture mission to the Ryûkyû Kingdom in 1534. He later wrote the Shǐ liúqiú lù (使琉球錄, J: Shi Ryûkyû roku) as a formal record and report from his mission.

References

• Chan, Ying Kit. “A Bridge between Myriad Lands: The Ryukyu Kingdom and Ming China (1372-1526).” Thesis, National University of Singapore, 2010, 31. http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/20602.