chin 671the missions fell off and ceased alltogether after 1217.
It is a peculiarity of Sung shihfrom 1115 and the entire Chin shih
that they do not list the goods offered by Chin. That must be due to
an editorial decision by T’o T’o. Wen-hsien t’ung-k’ao 346:25a mentions
in general terms that the Jurchen traded in gold, pearls, and beeswax.
The other sources record that the Jurchen offered horses in 961, 963,
964, 967, and 968, falcons in 963, and sable furs in 964. In 1019, they
offered cloth which was rejected. The Sung responded with real gold,
vessels of gold, silver, jade, and glass, incense braziers, silken fabrics,
garments, horse trappings, horse whips, bows and arrows, fruit, honey,
tea, and the Buddhist Tripitaka.