Baekje · History & tradition
Ajikgi
A Baekje envoy remembered for taking horses and learning across the sea.
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Japanese records describe Ajikgi arriving with horses and teaching a prince to read. He is also said to have recommended the scholar Wani.
Legacy
He is remembered for practical skills as well as scholarship. The surviving account is much fuller about his overseas role than his life in Baekje.