Shiseibyō
The is a Confucian temple in the Wakasa district of Naha, Okinawa. It served for centuries as a major center of Chinese learning for the Ryūkyū Kingdom, and contains within its precincts the Meirindō, first public school in Okinawa.Information plaque on site at the temple. Viewed 11 March 2008. History The current temple was built in 1975, as a rebuilding of an older temple located a short distance away, near what is now a major highway, Japan National Route 58.施設案内
. Kume-Shiseibyou Official Site. Accessed 1 August 2008. The original temple was built in 1671-75 as a gift to the Ryūkyū Kingdom from the of the

Tei Junsoku
(1663–1734), or Cheng Shunze in Chinese, was a Confucianism, Confucian scholar and government official of the Ryūkyū Kingdom. He has been described as being "in an unofficial sense... the 'minister of education'",Kerr, George H. ''Okinawa: The History of an Island People''. revised ed. Boston: Tuttle Publishing, 2000. p204. and is particularly famous for his contributions to scholarship and education in Okinawa and Japan. Holding ''ueekata'' rank in the Ryukyuan government, he served at times in his career as magistrate of both Nago and Kumemura, and as a member of the ''Sanshikan'', the elite council of three chief advisors to the king. He is sometimes known as the "Sage of Nago" (名護聖人"Tei Junsoku." ''Okinawa rekishi jinmei jiten'' (沖縄歴史人名事典, "Encyclopedia of People of Okinawan History"). Naha: Okinawa Bunka-sha, 1996. p50.). It was standard at the time for members of Ryūkyū's aristocratic class to have Okinawan family name, two names. "Tei Junsoku" ...
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