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Little is known of his life in China. Originally from [[Fujian province]], he fled the chaos of the [[Qing Dynasty|Qing]] conquest of China, traveling first to [[Tonkin]] and [[Annam]], and eventually making his way to Japan in [[1666]]. He took up residence in [[Nagasaki]] beginning in [[1672]], and the following year was granted permission to travel to [[Kyoto]] to perform Ming music.

Little is known of his life in China. Originally from [[Fujian province]], he fled the chaos of the [[Qing Dynasty|Qing]] conquest of China, traveling first to [[Tonkin]] and [[Annam]], and eventually making his way to Japan in [[1666]]. He took up residence in [[Nagasaki]] beginning in [[1672]], and the following year was granted permission to travel to [[Kyoto]] to perform Ming music.

In [[1679]], he was granted Japanese nationality, and his descendants took on the Japanese-style surname Ôga (鉅鹿). A number of them, perhaps Gi Kô (aka [[Gi Shimei]], [[1728]]-[[1774]]) especially, played significant roles in spreading Ming music further, over the course of the [[Edo period]].

In [[1679]], he was granted Japanese nationality, and his descendants took on the Japanese-style surname Ôga (鉅鹿, C: ''Jùlù'', after Julu county in [[Hebei province]]). A number of them, perhaps Gi Kô (aka [[Gi Shimei]], [[1728]]-[[1774]]) especially, played significant roles in spreading Ming music further, over the course of the [[Edo period]].

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