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*''Chinese/Japanese'': [[柴]]山 ''(Chái Shān / Sai Zan)''
Chái Shān was a [[Ming Dynasty]] scholar-official who journeyed to the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] as head of a [[Chinese investiture mission]] for the investiture of Ryukyuan king [[Sho Hashi|Shô Hashi]].
He traveled to Ryûkyû for the first time in [[1425]], dispatched by the [[Hongxi Emperor]] to perform the investiture of Shô Hashi, king of [[Chuzan|Chûzan]], who was at that time still in the process of unifying [[Okinawa Island]] under his rule.
Chai later traveled to Ryûkyû three more times over the course of his lifetime, where he purchased many local materials from Ryûkyû, including unrefined [[lacquer]] sap and sword-polishing stones. He brought the investiture robes in [[1427]], and helped establish the temple [[Daianzen-ji]] in [[1430]]. In [[1428]], King Shô Hashi erected an outer gate at [[Shuri castle|his palace]] which he called the Chûzanmon, hanging on it a plaque bearing Chai's calligraphy.
In [[1433]], Chai Shan returned to Ryûkyû for the final time, with instructions from the [[Xuande Emperor]] to entrust Shô Hashi with overseeing the restoration of [[tribute|formal relations]] between the Ming and the [[Ashikaga shogunate]] of Japan.
Chai also planned journeys to Japan. He is said to have been severely reprimanded and punished by the [[Xuande Emperor]] following his return to China in [[1434]], though the reasons are unclear; some stories allege that he helped shelter a man named Hachirô who had killed a Japanese monk.
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==References==
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%9F%B4%E5%B1%B1-522926 Saizan]," ''Nihon jinmei daijiten'', Kodansha 2009.
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-41452-storytopic-121.html Saizan]," ''Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia'', Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Foreigners]]
[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]
Chái Shān was a [[Ming Dynasty]] scholar-official who journeyed to the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] as head of a [[Chinese investiture mission]] for the investiture of Ryukyuan king [[Sho Hashi|Shô Hashi]].
He traveled to Ryûkyû for the first time in [[1425]], dispatched by the [[Hongxi Emperor]] to perform the investiture of Shô Hashi, king of [[Chuzan|Chûzan]], who was at that time still in the process of unifying [[Okinawa Island]] under his rule.
Chai later traveled to Ryûkyû three more times over the course of his lifetime, where he purchased many local materials from Ryûkyû, including unrefined [[lacquer]] sap and sword-polishing stones. He brought the investiture robes in [[1427]], and helped establish the temple [[Daianzen-ji]] in [[1430]]. In [[1428]], King Shô Hashi erected an outer gate at [[Shuri castle|his palace]] which he called the Chûzanmon, hanging on it a plaque bearing Chai's calligraphy.
In [[1433]], Chai Shan returned to Ryûkyû for the final time, with instructions from the [[Xuande Emperor]] to entrust Shô Hashi with overseeing the restoration of [[tribute|formal relations]] between the Ming and the [[Ashikaga shogunate]] of Japan.
Chai also planned journeys to Japan. He is said to have been severely reprimanded and punished by the [[Xuande Emperor]] following his return to China in [[1434]], though the reasons are unclear; some stories allege that he helped shelter a man named Hachirô who had killed a Japanese monk.
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==References==
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%9F%B4%E5%B1%B1-522926 Saizan]," ''Nihon jinmei daijiten'', Kodansha 2009.
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-41452-storytopic-121.html Saizan]," ''Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia'', Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Foreigners]]
[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]