Question: Facts: - issue: '' nagagusuku sho tai , crown prince nagagusuku sho hitsu , see nakijin choshiki manabetaru , princess kokuba maushigane , princess suekichi list onmamatsugane , princess uema princess kanegusuku -lrb- kochi chojo 's '' wife -rrb- makadotaru , princess teruya sho jun , crown prince - caption: official mo choki in 1852 royal portrait of sho iku , painted by - succession: king of the ryukyu kingdom - spouses: mafee aji - reign: 1835 -- 1847 - successor: sho tai - death date: 25 october 1847 - predecessor: sho ko - spouse: sashiki aji-ganashi - mother: gushikawa aji-ganashi - father: sho ko - birth date: 19 august 1813 - name: sho iku - image: king sho iku.jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of sho iku .
Answer:
sho iku was a confucian scholar , and had dedicated his life to education .but during his reign , the financial crisis grew more and more serious .when a french ship arrived in naha in 1844 , ryukyu was forced to trade with france .it was the first contact with western countries .theodore-augustin forcade , a french priest sent by paris foreign missions society , came to ryukyu to spread the christian gospel .bernard jean bettelheim , a british protestant missionary , also arrived in ryukyu in 1846 .bettelheim established the first foreign hospital on the island at the naminoue gokoku-ji temple .the king died in 1847 , and his second son sho tai succeeded him as the last king of the ryukyu kingdom .