liao 591On Oct.1, 1069, Sung envoys to the Liao court congratulated on
the birthday of Tao-tsung and on the New Year’s Day of Feb.14,
1070 (Sung shih 14:10a).
On Feb.9, 1070, Liao envoys arrived at the Sung court to congratu-
late on the New Year’s Day of Feb.14 (Sung shih 14:11a).
On May 17, 1070, Liao envoys arrived at the Sung court to con-
gratulate on the birthday of Shen-tsung^171 (Sung shih 15:1b).
In the 8th month (Sep./Oct.) of 1070, Sung envoys to the Liao
court congratulated on the birthday of Tao-tsung and on the New
Year’s Day of Feb.3, 1071 (Sung shih 15:2b).
On Jan.29, 1071, envoys from Tao-tsung and from the Empress
Dowager arrived at the Sung court to congratulate on the New
Year’s Day of Feb.3 (Sung shih 15:4a; Hsü Tzu-chih t’ung-chien ch’ang-
pienp.2034).
On May 8, 1071, envoys from Tao-tsung and from the Empress
Dowager arrived at the Sung court court to congratulate on the
birthday of Shen-tsung^172 (Sung shih 15:5b; Hsü Tzu-chih t’ung-chien
ch’ang-pienp.2070).
On Sep.17, 1071, Sung envoys to the Liao court congratulated
on the birthday of Tao-tsung and on the New Year’s Day of Jan.23,
1072 (Sung shih 15:6a).
On Jan.18, 1072, envoys from Tao-tsung and from the Empress
Dowager arrived at the Sung court to congratulate on the New
Year’s Day of Jan.23 (Sung shih 15:7a; Hsü Tzu-chih t’ung-chien ch’ang-
pienp.2132 ).
On May 26, 1072, envoys from Tao-tsung and from the Empress
Dowager arrived at the Sung court to congratulate on the birthday
of Shen-tsung^173 (Sung shih 15:7b; Hsü Tzu-chih t’ung-chien ch’ang-pien
p.2159).
On Oct.1, 1072, Sung envoys to the Liao court congratulated on
the birthday of Tao-tsung and on the New Year’s Day of Feb.10,
1073 (Sung shih 15:8a).
On Feb.4, 1073, envoys from Tao-tsung and from the Empress
(^171) It fell on May 22. The Diplomacy Office had previously reported to Shen-
tsung that when these envoys had reached a certain Postal Relay Station en route to
K’ai-feng, one of the Khitan had during the night stabbed and killed four men of the
mission and wounded twelve ( 172 Hsü Tzu-chih t’ung-chien ch’ang-pien pp.1947-1948).
It fell on May 12.
(^173) It fell on May.30.