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Keian Genju was a Confucian scholar noted for introducing [[Zhu Xi]]-style [[Neo-Confucianism]] to Japan and founding the [[Satsuma province|Satsuma]]-based [[Satsunan school]] of Confucian philosophy.

Keian Genju was a Confucian scholar noted for introducing [[Zhu Xi]]-style [[Neo-Confucianism]] to Japan and founding the [[Satsuma province|Satsuma]]-based [[Satsunan school]] of Confucian philosophy.

Born in [[Nagato province]], he fled to China in [[1467]], where he studied the teachings of Zhu Xi. After his return to Japan, Genju traveled [[Iwami province|Iwami]], [[Bungo province|Bungo]], [[Chikugo province|Chikugo]] and [[Higo province]]s, before being invited to Satsuma by [[Shimazu Tadamasa]] in [[1478]]. There, Genju taught at a temple called Keiju-in<!--桂樹院--> or Tôin-ji<!--島陰寺-->. In [[1481]], he first circulated copies of Zhu Xi's ''Dàxué zhāngjù'' ("Passages from the [[Great Learning]]"), in a ''[[kanbun|kakikudashi]]'' version, aiding readers incapable of reading [[classical Chinese]] directly in reading the text as Japanese.

Born in [[Nagato province]], he fled to China in [[1467]], where he studied the teachings of Zhu Xi. After his return to Japan, Genju traveled [[Iwami province|Iwami]], [[Bungo province|Bungo]], [[Chikugo province|Chikugo]] and [[Higo province]]s, before being invited to Satsuma by [[Shimazu Tadamasa (1463-1508)|Shimazu Tadamasa]] in [[1478]]. There, Genju taught at a temple called Keiju-in<!--桂樹院--> or Tôin-ji<!--島陰寺-->. In [[1481]], he first circulated copies of Zhu Xi's ''Dàxué zhāngjù'' ("Passages from the [[Great Learning]]"), in a ''[[kanbun|kakikudashi]]'' version, aiding readers incapable of reading [[classical Chinese]] directly in reading the text as Japanese.

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