Keian Genju

Keian Genju (桂庵 玄樹, 1427 – June 28, 1508) was a Japanese Buddhist monk [1][2] who studied classics under Ishō at Nanzen-ji.[3]

For the Japanese era, see Keian (1648-1652).

Keian Genju at Kagoshima

Tomb of Keian Genju in Kagoshima

Keian accompanied the 1466 mission to the Ming court in China. In Beijing, he was favored by the Chenghua Emperor.[4] Keian delayed his return to Japan until 1475.[4]

Keian was the first to translate Zhu Xi's Collective Commentaries on the Great Learning into Japanese.[5]

Keian founded Satsunan-gakuha, a neo-confucianist school in Kagoshima.[6]

See also

• Dōgen
• Eisai
• Ingen

Notes

1. Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). Sovereign and Subject, p. 242-246.
2. Iwao, Seiichi et al. (2002). Dictionnaire historique du Japon (Vol. I), p. 1490.
3. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 243.
4. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 244.
5. Xinzhong Yao. (2005). An Introduction to Confucianism, p. 127.
6. Iwao, Seiichi et al. (2002). Dictionnaire historique du Japon (Vol. II), p. 2376.

References

• Iwao, Seiichi, Teizō Iyanaga, Susumu Ishii, Shōichirō Yoshida et al. (2002). Dictionnaire historique du Japon (Vol. I), (Vol. II). Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. ISBN 978-2-7068-1632-1; OCLC 51096469
• Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1962). Sovereign and Subject. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 1014075
• Xinzhong Yao. (2005). An Introduction to Confucianism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-64312-2; ISBN 978-0-521-64430-3; OCLC 255153845