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In the 5th month (May/June) of 727, Tashkent presented barbarian
(hu) twirling girls^6 and grape wine (Ts’e-fu yüan-kuei p.5028).
In the 4th month (Apr./May) of 730, envoys from Tashkent offered
gifts (Ts’e-fu yüan-kuei p.5028).
In 740, Hsüan-tsung conferred on the king of Tashkent the title of
King Who Obeys Righteousness (Wen-hsien t’ung-k’ao 339:54b).
In 741, the king of Tashkent sought help against the Arabs. This
was rejected by Hsüan-tsung (Wen-hsien t’ung-k’ao 339:54b-55a).
In the 3rd month (Apr./May) of 742, Tashkent presented horses
and regional objects (Ts’e-fu yüan-kuei p.5029).
In the 12th month (Dec./Jan., 744) of the Chinese year 743, the
son-in-law of a high official in Tashkent presented objects (Ts’e-fu
yüan-kuei p.5030).
In the 7th month (Aug./Sep.) of 744, envoys from Tashkent pre-
sented horses (Ts’e-fu yüan-kuei p.5030).
In the 7th month (August) of 745, envoys from a high official of the
king of Tashkent offered gifts (Ts’e-fu yüan-kuei p.5030).
In the 3rd month (Mar./Apr.) of 746, envoys from the king of
Tashkent presented 15 horses, and from the assistant king regional
objects. That year, Emperor Hsüan-tsung conferred on a royal son of
Tashkent the title of King Who Cherishes Civilization (T’ang hui-yao
99:15a;Ts’e-fu yüan-kuei p.5030; Wen-hsien t’ung-k’ao 339:55a).
In the intercalary month (Nov./Dec.) of 746, envoys from Tashkent
offered presents (Ts’e-fu yüan-kuei p.5030).
In the 5th month (June/July) of 747, envoys from the king of Tash-
kent offered horses (Ts’e-fu yüan-kuei p.5030).
In the 8th month (Dep/Oct.) of 749, a son of the king of Tashkent
was received at the T’ang court (Ts’e-fu yüan-kuei p.5030).
In 750, the Military Commissioner of the An-hsi Protectorate, Kao
Hsien-chih, a Korean in Chinese service, overran Tashkent, appa-
rantly without provocation, and captured its king. In the 1st month
(Feb./Mar.) of 751, he presented the king of Tashkent, and the king
of Chieh-shih, a Turkish qaghan, and Tibetan chiefs whom he had
also captured to the T’ang court.^7 In the 4th month (Apr./May), the
king and his son escaped and returned to Tashkent (Tzu-chih t’ung-
chien p.6904, 6907).
(^6) Dancers.
(^7) See also infra note 27.