Diplomacy and Trade in the Chinese World, 589-1276

the turkic tribes 391 While this mission was travelling to the court of Mo-ch’o, it met a Turkish envoy moving in the opposite d ...

392 the turkic tribes He insisted that Mo-ch’o had broken the covenant, that peace and a marriage alliance with the Turks would ...

the turkic tribes 393 (Chiu T’ang shu 194A:13b; Tzu-chih t’ung-chien p.6664). In the 8th (Sep./Oct.) and 9th month (Oct./Nov.) o ...

394 the turkic tribes In the 7th month (Aug./Sep.) of 717, Turkish envoys presented horses (Ts’e-fu yüan-kuei p.5027). On Feb.10 ...

the turkic tribes 395 In the 2nd month (Mar./Apr.) of 726, a mission of more than 300 Turks offered congratulations (Ts’e-fu yüa ...

396 the turkic tribes In the 4th month (May/June) of 734, a high Turkish official arrived at the T’ang court (Ts’e-fu yüan-kuei ...

the turkic tribes 397 Emperor Hsüan-tsung wrote a poem to commemorate the fall of the Eastern Turkish empire (Chiu T’ang shu 194 ...

398 the turkic tribes Chü’s advice, Emperor Yang responded that if She-kuei killed Ch’u-lo, he would recognize him as Great Qagh ...

the turkic tribes 399 as king of Kuei-yi commandery. In the 4th month (May/June) of 619, he offered big pearls to Kao-tsu which ...

400 the turkic tribes gifts, and in the 6th month (June/July) of the same year once more gifts (Ts’e-fu yüan-kuei p.5023). In th ...

the turkic tribes 401 the Hsi-li-pi-to-lu Qaghan, sent envoys to the T’ang court. On May 4, 633,^33 Emperor T’ai-tsung sent the ...

402 the turkic tribes still another claimant, the Yi-p’i-she-kuei Qaghan. The latter showed his appreciation by releasing T’ang ...

the turkic tribes 403 bours, and in the early period China found itself politically subservient and militarily on the defensive. ...

404 the turkic tribes kings, and court officials from rank 3 and up. This combined evidence is not commensurate with an overlord ...

the turkic tribes 405 the Western Turks frequently sent envoys from 641. No missions are recorded. The statistics are therefore ...

406 the turkic tribes 618: big pearls (rejected).^37 620: ostrich eggs (or ostriches). 622: one lion skin. fine horses. 627: gen ...

the turkic tribes 407 In 649, Basmil envoys were received at the T’ang court (Wen-hsien t’ung-k’ao 347:27b). In 715, the Basmil ...

408 the turkic tribes Dec.18, 708, Emperor Chung-tsung conferred on him the title of king of Chin-ho commandery and presented hi ...

the turkic tribes 409 tsung countered by diplomacy. On Jan.14, 723, he enfeoffed a Turkish lady of the A-shih-na clan as Princes ...

410 the turkic tribes on Apr.28, 740, appointed him General-in-chief of the Gilded Mace of the Left. Thereafter, having failed t ...