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− | *''Died: [[1804]]'' | + | *''Born: [[1760]]'' |
− | *''Chinese'': 趙文楷 ''(Zhao Wenkai)'' | + | *''Died: [[1804]]''<ref>Some sources say he died in [[1808]]. Schottenhammer, Angela. “Empire and Periphery? The Qing Empire’s Relations with Japan and the Ryūkyūs (1644–c. 1800), a Comparison.” ''The Medieval History Journal'' 16, no. 1 (April 1, 2013): 175n98.</ref> |
| + | *''Chinese/Japanese'': [[趙]]文楷 ''(Zhao Wenkai / Chou Bunkai)'' |
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| Zhao Wenkai was a Chinese scholar-official who served as lead envoy on an [[Chinese investiture envoys|investiture mission]] to the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] in [[1800]] alongside vice-envoy [[Li Dingyuan]]. | | Zhao Wenkai was a Chinese scholar-official who served as lead envoy on an [[Chinese investiture envoys|investiture mission]] to the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] in [[1800]] alongside vice-envoy [[Li Dingyuan]]. |
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| On the return from the mission, however, the envoys endured pirate attacks and great storms, and it is said that the harrowing experience had a deleterious effect on Zhao's constitution. He died four years later. | | On the return from the mission, however, the envoys endured pirate attacks and great storms, and it is said that the harrowing experience had a deleterious effect on Zhao's constitution. He died four years later. |
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| + | A collection of his poetry, entitled ''Shíbǎishān fángshīcún'' (石柏山房詩存), survives.<ref>Ono Masako, Tomita Chinatsu, Kanna Keiko, Taguchi Megumi, "Shiryô shôkai Kishi Akimasa bunko Satsuyû kikô," ''Shiryôhenshûshitsu kiyô'' 31 (2006), 241.</ref> |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
| *Ch'en, Ta-Tuan. "Investiture of Liu-Ch'iu Kings in the Ch'ing Period." in Fairbank, John King (ed.) ''The Chinese World Order''. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1968. p142. | | *Ch'en, Ta-Tuan. "Investiture of Liu-Ch'iu Kings in the Ch'ing Period." in Fairbank, John King (ed.) ''The Chinese World Order''. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1968. p142. |
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| [[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]] | | [[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]] |
| [[Category:Edo Period]] | | [[Category:Edo Period]] |