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*''Died: [[1804]]''
*''Born: [[1760]]''
*''Chinese/Japanese'': 趙文楷 ''(Zhao Wenkai / Chou Bunkai)''
*''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)''
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]].
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.
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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