194 the northeast
Concurrent General of the Right Commanding the Army. He also
entitled him a duke and conferred on him the imperial surname of Li.
Soon after 656, K’o-tu-che was made General-in-chief of the Right
Inspecting the Gates (Chiu T’ang shu 199B:8a).
After a long hiatus, a mission from the Hsi chief Li Ta-fu^2 arrived
in 710 with regional objects. Emperor Jui-tsung invited the envoys to a
banquet and gave them rich presents (Chiu T’ang shu 199B:8a; Ts’e-fu
yüan-kuei p.5026).
In 712, a T’ang army attacked the Hsi and was defeated (Chiu
T’ang shu 199B:8a).
In 713, a high dignitary sent by Li Ta-fu proposed peace. The
imaginary Jao-lo Area command was reestablished by Emperor Hsüan-
tsung, and Li Ta-fu was made its Military Governor. He was also
entitled king of Jao-lo commandery and appointed a Supernumerary
General-in-chief of the Gilded Mace of the Left (Chiu T’ang shu 199B:
8b;T’ang hui-yao 96:4b).^3
In the 2nd month (Mar./Apr.) of 717, Li Ta-fu paid a personal visit
to the T’ang court. A daughter of an imperial daughter, the Lady Hsin,
was enfeoffed as Princess of Ku-an and married to him. He was also
presented with 1,500 objects. A General of the Right Commanding
the Army was ordered to escort the couple back to the Hsi territory
(T’ung-tien 200:48a; Chiu T’ang shu 199B:8b).
On Jan.26, 719, the New Year’s Day, envoys from Li Ta-fu con-
gratulated. In the 2nd month (Feb./Mar.) of the same year, his envoys
offered regional objects (Ts’e-fu yüan-kuei p.5027).
In 720, Li Ta-fu fell in battle in support of the Khitan and was suc-
ceeded by his younger brother Lu-su. In the 11th month (Dec./Jan.,
721) of the same Chinese year 720, Hsüan-tsung appointed Lu-su
Military Governor of the non-existant Jao-lo Area Command (T’ung-
tien 200:48a; Chiu T’ang shu 199B:8b; Tzu-chih t’ung-chien p.6743).
On May 16, 722, Li Lu-su personally came to the T’ang court.
Hsüan-tsung recognized him as king of Jao-lo commandery and
appointed him Supernumerary General-in-chief of the Gilded Mace
of the Right and Concurrent Commissioner of the Army Which Pro-
(^2) Chiu T’ang shu and T’ang hui-yao (96:4b) render the name as Li Ta-fu, T’ung-tien
andTs’e-fu yüan-kuei as Li Ta-p’u, i.e. the first writes the phonetic of the last charac-
ter with radical 159, and the others with radical 164. Note that the imperial T’ang
surname is used by the Chinese sources.
(^3) T’ang-hui-yao dates the enfeoffment as king and appointment as general 717.