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[[File:Investiture-YamaguchiSuio.jpg|right|thumb|500px|The Chinese investiture envoys ceremony at [[Shuri castle]], as depicted in a handscroll painting by [[Yamaguchi Suio|Yamaguchi Suiô]], based on images in the ''[[Chuzan denshin roku|Zhongshan chuanxin lu]]'' by [[Xu Baoguang]]. Sakamaki-Hawley Collection, Univ. of Hawaii Library.]]

[[File:Investiture-YamaguchiSuio.jpg|right|thumb|500px|The Chinese investiture envoys ceremony at [[Shuri castle]], as depicted in a handscroll painting by [[Yamaguchi Suio|Yamaguchi Suiô]], based on images in the ''[[Chuzan denshin roku|Zhongshan chuanxin lu]]'' by [[Xu Baoguang]]. Sakamaki-Hawley Collection, Univ. of Hawaii Library.]]

*''Other Names'': 天使 ''(C: tian-shi)''<ref>lit. "Heavenly envoys," i.e. ambassadors from the Son of Heaven, i.e. the Chinese Emperor.</ref>

*''Other Names'': 天使 ''(C: tiān-shǐ)''<ref>lit. "Heavenly envoys," i.e. ambassadors from the Son of Heaven, i.e. the Chinese Emperor.</ref>

*''Japanese/Chinese'': 冊封使 ''(sappoushi / cefengshi)''

*''Japanese/Chinese'': 冊封使 ''(sappoushi / cèfēngshǐ)''

Chinese investiture envoys were diplomatic missions sent by [[Ming Dynasty|Ming]] and [[Qing Dynasty|Qing]] China to the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] to perform investiture rituals, officially confirming the king of Ryûkyû in the eyes of the Chinese Imperial Court, and confirming his position as a [[tribute|tributary]] subordinate to the Chinese Emperor within the Sinocentric system of diplomatic relations.

Chinese investiture envoys were diplomatic missions sent by [[Ming Dynasty|Ming]] and [[Qing Dynasty|Qing]] China to the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] to perform investiture rituals, officially confirming the king of Ryûkyû in the eyes of the Chinese Imperial Court, and confirming his position as a [[tribute|tributary]] subordinate to the Chinese Emperor within the Sinocentric system of diplomatic relations.