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[[File:Tei-takuchu.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Portrait of Tei Takuchû. Okinawa Prefectural Museum]]

[[File:Tei-takuchu.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Portrait of Tei Takuchû. Okinawa Prefectural Museum]]

*''Other Names'': 和橋 ''(Wakyou)''

*''Other Names'': 和橋 ''(Wakyou)''

*''Japanese'': [[鄭]]擇中 ''(Tei Takuchuu)''

*''Japanese'': [[鄭]] 擇中 ''(Tei Takuchuu)''

Tei Takuchû was a [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] official from [[Kumemura]], who is known to have spent some time on official business in China. On at least one [[Ryukyuan tribute missions to China|Ryukyuan tribute mission to China]], he served as an interpreter (C: ''Cháo jīngdū tōng shì'', J: ''chôkyôto tsûji'') for the lead tribute envoy, and was thus one of a very few Ryukyuan officials to travel all the way to [[Beijing]].

Tei Takuchû was a [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] official from [[Kumemura]], who is known to have spent some time on official business in China. On at least one [[Ryukyuan tribute missions to China|Ryukyuan tribute mission to China]], he served as an interpreter (C: ''Cháo jīngdū tōng shì'', J: ''chôkyôto tsûji'') for the lead tribute envoy, and was thus one of a very few Ryukyuan officials to travel all the way to [[Beijing]].