ABSTRACT
Zhou Cuizhi (perhaps Zhou Hezhi) arrived in Japan, and, as described in the Riben qishi ji and other Chinese texts, ‘forged a father-son bond with the King of Satsuma.’ This may have been no more than Cuizhi's own self-promotion or perhaps a narrative of interesting exaggerations by rumor-mongers. We should not overlook the fact that the relationship between Satsuma and Cuizhi or someone like Cuizhi, namely a Chinese pirate-trader of that time, may be based on wildly inaccurate or baseless stories. Let me dig a bit further into this question now.
