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::''Not to be confused with the [[1757]] [[Ryukyu-koku shiryaku|Ryûkyû-koku shiryaku]] by [[Zhou Huang]].''
*''Written: [[Arai Hakuseki]]''
*''Japanese'': 琉球国事略 ''(Ryuukyuu koku jiryaku)''
''Ryûkyû-koku jiryaku'' (Abbreviated Matters of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]]) is a text by [[Arai Hakuseki]]. Unlike Hakuseki's ''[[Nantoshi|Nantôshi]]'', which is written in ''[[kanbun]]'', the ''Ryûkyû-koku jiryaku'' is written in a more [[classical Japanese|Japanese]] (''wabun'') form.
Though often included alongside four other texts<ref>''Gaikoku tsûshin jiryaku'' 外国通信事略, ''Honchô hôka tsûyô jiryaku'' 本朝宝貨通用事略, ''Kôya-san jiryaku'' 高野山事略, and ''Shugô jiryaku'' 殊号事略.</ref> in a collection known simply as the ''Gojiryaku'' (lit. "Five Abbreviated Matters"), it is unclear whether the selection for this collection was made by Hakuseki himself, or by someone of a later time.
The ''Ryûkyû-koku jiryaku'' contains sections on the appearance of Ryûkyû in the texts of foreign dynasties (presumably mainly those from China, such as the [[Book of Sui]]), Ryûkyû itself, [[Ryukyuan tribute missions to China]] and [[Chinese investiture envoys|Chinese investiture missions to Ryûkyû]], and Ryukyuan governmental offices.
It is unclear precisely when the ''Ryûkyû-koku jiryaku'' was written, but its contents hint that Hakuseki wrote it either concurrently with ''Nantôshi'' (c. [[1719]]), or at some later time while revising ''Nantôshi''. References to ''Nantôshi'' and to his conversations with [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo|Ryukyuan envoys]] in [[1710]] and [[1714]] place the text no earlier than 1719 (and certainly no earlier than 1710 or 1714). The ''Ryûkyû-koku jiryaku'' also does not state the reason for its composition - unlike many texts, which explain this in the preface. However, scholars believe it was likely in some fashion commissioned or proposed by the shogunate, and was then composed to be formally presented to the shogunate.
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==References==
*Yokoyama Manabu 横山学, ''Ryûkyû koku shisetsu torai no kenkyû'' 琉球国使節渡来の研究, Tokyo: Yoshikawa kôbunkan (1987), 131-132.
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[[Category:Historical Documents]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
*''Written: [[Arai Hakuseki]]''
*''Japanese'': 琉球国事略 ''(Ryuukyuu koku jiryaku)''
''Ryûkyû-koku jiryaku'' (Abbreviated Matters of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]]) is a text by [[Arai Hakuseki]]. Unlike Hakuseki's ''[[Nantoshi|Nantôshi]]'', which is written in ''[[kanbun]]'', the ''Ryûkyû-koku jiryaku'' is written in a more [[classical Japanese|Japanese]] (''wabun'') form.
Though often included alongside four other texts<ref>''Gaikoku tsûshin jiryaku'' 外国通信事略, ''Honchô hôka tsûyô jiryaku'' 本朝宝貨通用事略, ''Kôya-san jiryaku'' 高野山事略, and ''Shugô jiryaku'' 殊号事略.</ref> in a collection known simply as the ''Gojiryaku'' (lit. "Five Abbreviated Matters"), it is unclear whether the selection for this collection was made by Hakuseki himself, or by someone of a later time.
The ''Ryûkyû-koku jiryaku'' contains sections on the appearance of Ryûkyû in the texts of foreign dynasties (presumably mainly those from China, such as the [[Book of Sui]]), Ryûkyû itself, [[Ryukyuan tribute missions to China]] and [[Chinese investiture envoys|Chinese investiture missions to Ryûkyû]], and Ryukyuan governmental offices.
It is unclear precisely when the ''Ryûkyû-koku jiryaku'' was written, but its contents hint that Hakuseki wrote it either concurrently with ''Nantôshi'' (c. [[1719]]), or at some later time while revising ''Nantôshi''. References to ''Nantôshi'' and to his conversations with [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo|Ryukyuan envoys]] in [[1710]] and [[1714]] place the text no earlier than 1719 (and certainly no earlier than 1710 or 1714). The ''Ryûkyû-koku jiryaku'' also does not state the reason for its composition - unlike many texts, which explain this in the preface. However, scholars believe it was likely in some fashion commissioned or proposed by the shogunate, and was then composed to be formally presented to the shogunate.
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==References==
*Yokoyama Manabu 横山学, ''Ryûkyû koku shisetsu torai no kenkyû'' 琉球国使節渡来の研究, Tokyo: Yoshikawa kôbunkan (1987), 131-132.
<references/>
[[Category:Historical Documents]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]