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*''Japanese/Chinese'': [[梁]] 淵 ''(Ryô En / Liáng Yuān)''
Ryô En was a [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan scholar-aristocrat]] who served several stints as an instructor in Chinese music and dance for the Ryûkyû royal court.
After studying for a time in [[Fuzhou]] in [[1768]], Ryô led lessons in Chinese dance for performers who were to go on a mission to [[Kagoshima]] in [[1772]]; he returned to Fuzhou in [[1785]], and then in [[1789]] was appointed to help train musicians for the [[1790]] [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]]. He served in a similar position again in [[1805]].
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==References==
*Liao Zhenpei 廖真珮, "Ryûkyû kyûtei ni okeru Chûgoku kei ongaku no ensô to denshô" 琉球宮廷における中国系音楽の演奏と伝承, in ''Uzagaku no fukugen ni mukete'' 御座楽の復元に向けて, Naha, Okinawa: Uzagaku fukugen ensô kenkyûkai 御座楽復元演奏研究会 (2007), 111, citing ''Naha shishi'' 那覇市史, vol 6 下, Naha City Office (1980), p816-817.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]