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*''Born: [[1636]]''
*''Died: [[1699]]''
*''Chinese'': 汪楫 ''(Wāng Jí)''
Wang Ji was a [[Qing Dynasty]] Chinese official who traveled to the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] as head of an [[Chinese investiture envoys|investiture mission]] in [[1683]].
He remained in the islands for five months, where in addition to leading the investiture ceremony, he produced numerous pieces of calligraphy for [[Shuri castle]] and for various Buddhist and [[Shiseibyo|Confucian temples]]. Upon his return to China, he composed two volumes about Ryûkyû: the two-volume ''Zhōngshān yángé zhì'' (中山沿革志, "Record on the successive changes of [[Chuzan|Chûzan]]"), and the four-volume ''Shǐ liúqiú zá lù'' (使琉球雜錄, "Miscellaneous records on the mission to the Ryūkyūs").
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==References==
*Angela Schottenhammer, “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): 184.
[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
*''Died: [[1699]]''
*''Chinese'': 汪楫 ''(Wāng Jí)''
Wang Ji was a [[Qing Dynasty]] Chinese official who traveled to the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] as head of an [[Chinese investiture envoys|investiture mission]] in [[1683]].
He remained in the islands for five months, where in addition to leading the investiture ceremony, he produced numerous pieces of calligraphy for [[Shuri castle]] and for various Buddhist and [[Shiseibyo|Confucian temples]]. Upon his return to China, he composed two volumes about Ryûkyû: the two-volume ''Zhōngshān yángé zhì'' (中山沿革志, "Record on the successive changes of [[Chuzan|Chûzan]]"), and the four-volume ''Shǐ liúqiú zá lù'' (使琉球雜錄, "Miscellaneous records on the mission to the Ryūkyūs").
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==References==
*Angela Schottenhammer, “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): 184.
[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
