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*''Chinese'': [[謝]] 国明 ''(Xiè Guómíng)''
Xiè Guómíng was a Chinese merchant active in early 13th century [[Hakata]]. He was prominent in the Hakata community, patronizing the establishment of the major [[Buddhist temple]] [[Joten-ji|Jôten-ji]] (承天寺) and later being named ''[[jito|jitô]]'' (steward) of an [[shoen|estate]] in the area.
Xie was originally from Hangzhou but settled in Hakata, took a Japanese wife, and became a rather prominent figure in the community. In [[1233]], he allowed the Japanese monk [[Enni]] to take up residence in his home. Enni sojourned in China from [[1235]] to [[1241]], but after his return, Xie and a number of other Chinese merchants arranged to purchase land from [[Hakozaki Shrine]], on which to establish a new temple, Jôten-ji, with Enni as its first abbot. The following year, Enni and Xie organized to send some one thousand logs (valued at 30,000 貫 ''guan'') to [[Hangzhou]] to help rebuild the [[Wanshou-si]], a major Chan ([[Zen]]) temple there which had been damaged in a fire.
Xie also served as ''jitô'' for an estate called Oronoshima, controlled by [[Munakata Shrine]].
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==References==
*Richard von Glahn, "The Ningbo-Hakata Merchant Network and the Reorientation of East Asian Maritime Trade, 1150-1350," ''Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies'' 74:2 (2014), 275.
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[[Category:Merchants]]
[[Category:Kamakura Period]]
Xiè Guómíng was a Chinese merchant active in early 13th century [[Hakata]]. He was prominent in the Hakata community, patronizing the establishment of the major [[Buddhist temple]] [[Joten-ji|Jôten-ji]] (承天寺) and later being named ''[[jito|jitô]]'' (steward) of an [[shoen|estate]] in the area.
Xie was originally from Hangzhou but settled in Hakata, took a Japanese wife, and became a rather prominent figure in the community. In [[1233]], he allowed the Japanese monk [[Enni]] to take up residence in his home. Enni sojourned in China from [[1235]] to [[1241]], but after his return, Xie and a number of other Chinese merchants arranged to purchase land from [[Hakozaki Shrine]], on which to establish a new temple, Jôten-ji, with Enni as its first abbot. The following year, Enni and Xie organized to send some one thousand logs (valued at 30,000 貫 ''guan'') to [[Hangzhou]] to help rebuild the [[Wanshou-si]], a major Chan ([[Zen]]) temple there which had been damaged in a fire.
Xie also served as ''jitô'' for an estate called Oronoshima, controlled by [[Munakata Shrine]].
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==References==
*Richard von Glahn, "The Ningbo-Hakata Merchant Network and the Reorientation of East Asian Maritime Trade, 1150-1350," ''Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies'' 74:2 (2014), 275.
[[Category:Foreigners]]
[[Category:Merchants]]
[[Category:Kamakura Period]]