258 the southwest
Fu
Placed by Herrmann, Atlas of China, p.35, north of the Brahmaputra
in southern Tibet.
In 608, eight envoys of the king of Fu were received at the Sui
court (Sui shu 83:17a).
In 609, a mission of 60 men, led by a younger brother of the king
of Fu, was received at the Sui court. Because the fine horses they had
intended to present had been lost through the hardships of travel,
envoys proposed the building of a road. This was rejected by Emperor
Yang (Sui shu 83:17a).
Greater Yang-t’ung.
There also existed a Lesser Yang-t’ung, but this has no entries in its
own right in the dynastic histories and encyclopaedias. According to
Herrmann, Atlas of China, p.39, Yang-t’ung was situated in central
Tibet, north of the Transhimalayas.
In the 12th month (Dec./Jan., 632) of the Chinese year 631, envoys
from Greater Yang-t’ung brought gifts to the T’ang court (T’ang hui-
yao 99:13b).
In the 11th month (Dec./Jan., 642) of the Chinese year 641, envoys
from Greater Yang-t’ung offered regional objects (T’ung-tien 190:9b;
Ts’e-fu yüan-kuei p.5024; Wen-hsien t’ung-k’ao 335:34a).
In the 1st month (Feb./Mar.) of 647, Yang-t’ung presented regional
objects (Chiu T’ang shu 3:11a; Ts’e-fu yüan-kuei p.5024).
Not later than 649, Greater Yang-t’ung was destroyed by Srong-
btsan-sgam-po (T’ang hui-yao 99:13b-14a).
Su-p’i.
The Su-p’i were a tribe of the western Tibetans (Hsi-ch’iang) (Wen-
hsien t’ung-k’ao 335:35a).
In 632, Su-p’i envoys offered gifts to the T’ang court. Subsequently,
the territory was annexed by Srong-btsan-sgam-po (Wen-hsien t’ung-k’ao
335:35a).