Diplomacy and Trade in the Chinese World, 589-1276

ch’ing-hai 291 The specified goods brought by the Tibetan missions fall into the following categories: Animals and Animal Produc ...

292 ch’ing-hai Map 7. Tsong-kha. ...

east turkestan 293 East Turkestan The Northern Silk Route Turfan Travelling west on the Northern Silk Route through the Tarim Ba ...

294 east turkestan On Apr.17, 620, envoys from Ch’ü Wen-t’ai offered gifts (Chiu T’ang shu 1:6a; Ts’e-fu yüan-kuei p.5023).^3 In ...

east turkestan 295 T’ai-tsung’s change of heart was, however, brief, and he entered into diplomatic relations with Karashahr, fu ...

296 east turkestan Wen-t’ai fell ill and died. He was succeeded by his son Chih-sheng. The latter wrote to the attacking general ...

east turkestan 297 white coarse woolen stuffs, six corals, 2632 sable furs, 250 black sable furs, 503 blue sable furs, four old ...

298 east turkestan In 984, the Uighurs of Turfan^15 offered gifts to the Sung court (Sung shih 490:13b; Wen-hsien t’ung-k’ao 347 ...

east turkestan 299 It is evident that during the Five Dynasties and Sung, Turfan had much closer relations to the Khitan than to ...

300 east turkestan the T’ang court, offering regional objects (Chiu T’ang shu 198:8b). Karashahr found itself in a difficult pos ...

east turkestan 301 On Feb.4, 615, the New Year’s Day, Kucha envoys offered gifts to the Sui court (Sui shu 4:9b; 83:11a; Wen-hsi ...

302 east turkestan his state with 1000 items of gifts (Chiu T’ang shu 198:10a; Tzu-chih t’ung-chien p.6271). On Sep.7,^19 656, t ...

east turkestan 303 In the 11th month (Nov./Dec.) of 1003, Kucha envoys offered gifts (Sung hui-yao kao 1076:2a). In the 5th mont ...

304 east turkestan big-tailed white sheep (Sung shih 8:20b; 490:16a; Sung hui-yao kao 1076: 3a). In the 7th month (Aug./Sept.) o ...

east turkestan 305 great banquet for the envoys from Kashgar and other states (Sui shu 4:9b; 83:11b; Wen-hsien t’ung-k’ao 337:42 ...

306 east turkestan In 639, Chu-chü-po envoys, together with Kashgar, offered regional objects (Wen-hsien t’ung-k’ao 337:42b). Be ...

east turkestan 307 appointed Fu-she-hsin General-in-chief of the Resolute Guards of the Right and one of his sons General of the ...

308 east turkestan The question of legitimacy arose again in 785, when Yao wished to make Sheng’s son Chih his successor. Sheng ...

east turkestan 309 In 959, envoys from Khotan were received at the Later Chou court (Sung shih 490:1b). In the 12th month (Jan./ ...

310 east turkestan On Feb.22, 1015, the Khotan State offered gifts to the Liao court (Liao shih 15:8b). In the 12th month (Dec./ ...