*The Chinese Board of Rites suggests that Ryukyuan investiture take place by proxy in Fuzhou, to spare China the effort of sending [[Chinese investiture envoys|investiture envoys]] to [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]]; Ryûkyû insists, however, and an embassy is dispatched to Ryûkyû, maintaining the traditional pattern of investiture. | *The Chinese Board of Rites suggests that Ryukyuan investiture take place by proxy in Fuzhou, to spare China the effort of sending [[Chinese investiture envoys|investiture envoys]] to [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]]; Ryûkyû insists, however, and an embassy is dispatched to Ryûkyû, maintaining the traditional pattern of investiture. |