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*''Japanese/Chinese'': [[鄭]] 鴻勳 ''(Tei Koukun / Zhèng Hóngxūn)''

*''Japanese/Chinese'': [[鄭]] 鴻勳 ''(Tei Koukun / Zhèng Hóngxūn)''

Tei Kôkun was a [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan scholar-aristocrat]] who traveled to [[Fuzhou]] in [[1737]], and who was named instructor to musicians attached to the [[1748]] and [[1752]] [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo]]. He was appointed to these tasks when he was age 31 and 35 respectively, and chiefly taught Chinese song.

Tei Kôkun was a [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan scholar-aristocrat]] who served as instructor to musicians attached to the [[1748]] and [[1752]] [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo]]. He was appointed to these tasks when he was age 31 and 35 respectively, and chiefly taught Chinese song.

 

These appointments came after he spent eight years studying in China, from [[1737]] to [[1745]], on his own private funding.

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