228 the southwest
imperial house as Princess of Wen-ch’eng to become the bride of
Srong- btsan-sgam-po. On Feb.20, 641, the king’s Chancellor of State,
whose name in the Chinese sources is transliterated as Lu Tung-tsan,
arrived in Ch’ang-an to meet the lady and presented 5000 ounces of
gold and several 100 other kinds of valuables. T’ai-tsung appointed
him General-in-chief of the Guards of the Right and offered him the
Senior Princess of Lang-ya in marriage. She was a daughter of one
of his daughters who had married a member of the Tuan clan. The
Chancellor rejected this on the grounds that he had a wife already.
On Mar.2, the Master of Writing of the Ministry of Rites, the king
of Chiang-hsia, Li Tao-tsung, set out from Ch’ang-an to escort the
Princess of Wen-ch’eng to Tibet. He was a distant relative of T’ai-
tsung. Srong-btsan-sgam-po met the princess at the border (Chiu T’ang
shu 3:7a; 196A:2b, 3a-3b; T’ung-tien 190:8a; Tzu-chih t’ung-chien p.6140,
6164;Wen-hsien t’ung-k’ao 334:28b). Subsequently, Srong-btsan-sgam-po
founded Lhasa as the Tibetan capital.
In the 1st month (Feb./Mar.) of 642, Tibetan envoys offered regional
objects (Ts’e-fu yüan-kuei p.5024).
On Feb.14, 644, the New Year’s Day, Tibetan envoys offered
regional objects (Ts’e-fu yüan-kuei p.5024).
On Feb.2, 645, the New Year’s Day,^1 Tibetan envoys congratu-
lated at the T’ang court and offered regional objects (Ts’e-fu yüan-kuei
p.5024).
In the 4th month (May) of 645, the Tibetans presented a vessel of
real gold which was 7 feet high. It could be filled with 3 hu (59 quarts,
55.9 litres) of wine (Ts’e-fu yüan-kuei p.5024).
In the 1st month (Feb./Mar.) of 647, the Tibetans offered regional
objects (Ts’e-fu yüan-kuei p.5024).
In the 12th month (January, 648) of the Chinese year 647, T’ai-
tsung invited the Tibetans, T’ieh-le, Turks, and T’u-yü-hun to join
the Chinese in an attack on Kucha (Tzu-chih t’ung-chien p.6251).
On Jan.30, 648, the New Year’s Day, Tibetan envoys offered gifts
(Ts’e-fu yüan-kuei p.5025). Later that year, Tibetans assisted the Chinese
envoy, Wang Hsüan-ts’e, in his attack on the Indian state of Magadha
(Chiu T’ang shu 196A:3a; Tzu-chih t’ung-chien 6257-6258).
After Kao-tsung had ascended the T’ang throne on July 10, 649, he
appointed Srong-btsan-sgam-po as Chief Commandant of Attendant
(^1) Correcting keng-tzu to keng-wu.