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| *''Born: [[1793]]/6/6'' | | *''Born: [[1793]]/6/6'' |
| *''Died: [[1843]]/7/4'' | | *''Died: [[1843]]/7/4'' |
− | *''Japanese'': [[魏]] 学源 ''(Gi Gakugen)'' | + | *''Japanese/Chinese'': [[魏]] 学源 ''(Gi Gakugen / Wèi Xuéyuán)'' |
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| Gi Gakugen was a [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan scholar-official]] who traveled to China on several occasions. | | Gi Gakugen was a [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan scholar-official]] who traveled to China on several occasions. |
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| Originally from [[Kumemura]], he first traveled to China in [[1815]] as a student, where he was noted for his successes in studying the legal volumes known as the ''[[Da qin lu li|Da-qing lü li]]''<!--大清律例-->. In [[1831]], he edited or compiled a Ryukyuan legal text, the ''[[Shinshu karitsu|Shinshû karitsu]]''<!--新集科律-->, an addition to the earlier ''[[Ryukyu karitsu|Ryûkyû karitsu]]''. | | Originally from [[Kumemura]], he first traveled to China in [[1815]] as a student, where he was noted for his successes in studying the legal volumes known as the ''[[Da qin lu li|Da-qing lü li]]''<!--大清律例-->. In [[1831]], he edited or compiled a Ryukyuan legal text, the ''[[Shinshu karitsu|Shinshû karitsu]]''<!--新集科律-->, an addition to the earlier ''[[Ryukyu karitsu|Ryûkyû karitsu]]''. |
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− | Gi traveled to China again in [[1838]], and produced the ''Fukken shinkyô suiriku rotei'', a particularly detailed account of the route traveled by [[Ryukyuan tribute missions to China]]. | + | Gi traveled to China again in [[1838]], and produced the ''Fukken shinkyô suiriku rotei'', a particularly detailed account of the route traveled by [[Ryukyuan tribute missions to China]]. On the following tribute mission, in [[1840]], he was accompanied by his son [[Gi Shoji|Gi Shôji]], who then went on to also serve as a musician (''gakushi'') on the [[1850]] [[Ryukyuan mission to Edo]].<ref>Kaneshiro Atsumi, "Gakudôji, gakushi, kagakushi - uzagaku o tsutaeta hitobito" 「楽童子・楽師・歌楽師-御座楽を伝えた人々」, in ''Uzagaku no fukugen ni mukete'' 御座楽の復元に向けて, Naha, Okinawa: Uzagaku fukugen ensô kenkyûkai 御座楽復元演奏研究会 (2007), 78.</ref> |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
| *"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/okinawa-dic/prentry-41027.html Gi Gakugen]," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003. | | *"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/okinawa-dic/prentry-41027.html Gi Gakugen]," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003. |
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| [[Category:Ryukyu]] | | [[Category:Ryukyu]] |
| [[Category:Edo Period]] | | [[Category:Edo Period]] |
| [[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]] | | [[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]] |