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*''Japanese'': [[蔡]] 大鼎 ''(Sai Taitei)''
Sai Taitei was a [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan scholar-official]] who traveled to China on several occasions.
Taitei served on a [[Ryukyuan tribute missions to China|tribute mission to China]] in the 1850s which became detained in [[Fuzhou]], unable to travel north to [[Beijing]] due to much of the travel routes being controlled by rebels or brigands amidst the chaos of the [[Taiping Rebellion]]. Taitei is known for his ''[[kanshi]]'' (Chinese-style poems), at least one of which is said to have been composed while standing atop the Wànshòu Bridge (萬寿橋), lamenting his being stuck in Fuzhou, and thinking nostalgically of his home in Ryûkyû.<ref>Maehira Fusaaki, ''Ryûkyû shisetsu no ikoku taiken'' 琉球使節の異国体験, ''Kokusai kôryû'' 国際交流 59 (1992), 66.</ref>
Taitei was also one of a number of Ryukyuan officials who fled to China in the 1870s, where he worked with [[Rin Seiko|Rin Seikô]], [[Kochi Chojo|Kôchi Chôjô]], and others to assemble petitions to the [[Qing Dynasty|Qing Court]], requesting aid to prevent Japan's [[Ryukyu shobun|abolition and annexation]] of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]].<ref>"Kōchi Chōjō." ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia"). [http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-41324-storytopic-121.html Ryukyu Shimpo]. 1 March 2003.</ref>
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==References==
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[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]
Sai Taitei was a [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan scholar-official]] who traveled to China on several occasions.
Taitei served on a [[Ryukyuan tribute missions to China|tribute mission to China]] in the 1850s which became detained in [[Fuzhou]], unable to travel north to [[Beijing]] due to much of the travel routes being controlled by rebels or brigands amidst the chaos of the [[Taiping Rebellion]]. Taitei is known for his ''[[kanshi]]'' (Chinese-style poems), at least one of which is said to have been composed while standing atop the Wànshòu Bridge (萬寿橋), lamenting his being stuck in Fuzhou, and thinking nostalgically of his home in Ryûkyû.<ref>Maehira Fusaaki, ''Ryûkyû shisetsu no ikoku taiken'' 琉球使節の異国体験, ''Kokusai kôryû'' 国際交流 59 (1992), 66.</ref>
Taitei was also one of a number of Ryukyuan officials who fled to China in the 1870s, where he worked with [[Rin Seiko|Rin Seikô]], [[Kochi Chojo|Kôchi Chôjô]], and others to assemble petitions to the [[Qing Dynasty|Qing Court]], requesting aid to prevent Japan's [[Ryukyu shobun|abolition and annexation]] of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]].<ref>"Kōchi Chōjō." ''Okinawa konpakuto jiten'' (沖縄コンパクト事典, "Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia"). [http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-41324-storytopic-121.html Ryukyu Shimpo]. 1 March 2003.</ref>
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==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]