Name Keian Genju | Died 1508 | |
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Keian Genju (桂庵 玄樹, 1427 – June 28, 1508) was a Japanese Buddhist monk who studied classics under Ishō at Nanzen-ji.
Keian accompanied the 1466 mission to the Ming court in China. In Beijing, he was favored by the Chenghua Emperor. Keian delayed his return to Japan until 1475.
Keian was the first to translate Zhu Xi's Collective Commentaries on the Great Learning into Japanese.
Keian founded Satsunan-gakuha, a neo-confucianist school in Kagoshima.
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