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Wang Ji was a [[Qing Dynasty]] Chinese official who traveled to the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] as head of an [[Chinese investiture envoys|investiture mission]] in [[1683]].

Wang Ji was a [[Qing Dynasty]] Chinese official who traveled to the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] as head of an [[Chinese investiture envoys|investiture mission]] in [[1683]].

He remained in the islands for five months, where in addition to leading the investiture ceremony, he produced numerous pieces of calligraphy for [[Shuri castle]] and for various Buddhist and [[Shiseibyo|Confucian temples]]. Upon his return to China, he composed two volumes about Ryûkyû: the two-volume ''Zhōngshān yángé zhì'' (中山沿革志, "Record on the successive changes of [[Chuzan|Chûzan]]"), and the four-volume ''Shǐ liúqiú zá lù'' (使琉球雜錄, "Miscellaneous records on the mission to the Ryūkyūs").

He remained in the islands for five months, where in addition to leading the [[investiture]] ceremony, he produced numerous pieces of calligraphy for [[Shuri castle]] and for various Buddhist and [[Shiseibyo|Confucian temples]]. Upon his return to China, he composed two volumes about Ryûkyû: the two-volume ''Zhōngshān yángé zhì'' (中山沿革志, "Record on the successive changes of [[Chuzan|Chûzan]]"), and the four-volume ''Shǐ liúqiú zá lù'' (使琉球雜錄, "Miscellaneous records on the mission to the Ryūkyūs").

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