林鸿年册封琉球及其交游考

Lin Hongnian Canonized in Ryukyu and His Social Intercoures

林鸿年为清代第七位册封琉球正使,也是清代福建第一位状元。道光十八年(1838),林鸿年以翰林院修撰身份受命册封琉球世子。在册封琉球前后,林鸿年与吴荣光、何绍基、林寿图等文人墨客交游来往、互赠诗文,这些交游诗文多留存于清代文人诗文集中,为中琉几百年的友好往来留下弥足珍贵的历史印记。

Lin Hongnian was the seventh seal envoy in the Qing Dynasty and the Scholar in Fujian in the Qing Dynasty.In the eighteenth year of Daoguang(1838),Lin Hongnian was assigned to seal Ryukyu's son by Hanlin Institute.Lin Hongnian exchanged poetry with Wu Rongguang,He Shaoji,Lin Shoutu and other literati and poets before and after sealed.Most of these poems remain in the Qing literati poetry collection,leaving precious historical memories for the friendly exchanges between China and Ryukyu state for hundreds of years.