Person

Achikki

Baekje scholar said to have gone to Wa around the reign of King Geunchogo, taught Chinese writing to the crown prince and recommended Wang In

According to the Nihon shoki he went to Wa on the Baekje king’s orders, leading horses, and because he read the classics well became the crown prince’s tutor. He is said to have recommended Wang In as a greater scholar, whom Wa then invited. With Wang In he is counted as the first case of Baekje passing learning to Wa.

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1 related event

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    AD 552Baekje Brings Buddhism to Warelated figure

    King Seong sent the envoy Norisachigye with Buddhist images and sutras to Wa; Baekje culture strongly influenced the formation of Japan’s Asuka culture.

People who appear alongside

  • King Seong of BaekjeAD 554

    Twenty-sixth king of Baekje, who moved the capital to Sabi and died at Gwansan Fortress

  • Wang In

    Baekje scholar said to have brought the Analects and the Thousand Character Classic to Wa and taught Chinese writing

  • Damjing

    Goguryeo monk and painter who went to Japan in 610 and taught the making of paper, ink and millstones

Themes this person appears in

  • Sui, Tang and the East Asian WorldAD 317 – AD 979

    From the divided Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Gupta age through the Sui and Tang empires to the founding of the Song — the age when an East Asian world sharing law codes, Buddhism, Confucianism and Chinese characters took shape, and Korea and Japan built their states on its model

  • Buyeo2000 BC – 1376

    From the Songguk-ri village to Sabi, Baekje’s last capital — the Geum River town where Baekje culture bloomed and fell