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*''Died: [[1587]]/11/10''
*''Titles'': [[喜友名]] 親雲上 ''(Kiyuna peechin)''
*''Chinese/Japanese'': [[蔡]] 烜 ''(Cài Xuǎn / Sai Ken)''
Sai Ken was a [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan scholar-bureaucrat]], who served on at least one [[Ryukyuan tribute missions to China|tribute mission to China]].
Journeying to [[Beijing]] at age 22 as the chief interpreter (''totsûji'') on the [[tribute]] mission, Sai Ken fell ill and died at the [[Huitong-guan]] on [[1587]]/11/10, shortly after arriving in the city. He was buried at the [[Zen]] temple Anchan-si in the Outer City.
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==References==
*Maehira Fusaaki, ''Ryûkyû shisetsu no ikoku taiken'' 琉球使節の異国体験, ''Kokusai kôryû'' 国際交流 59 (1992), 64.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]