conclusion 677TibetIn 635, the Tibetan king Srong-btsan-sgam-po requested a marriage
which was rejected. After having attacked China, he repeated his
request in 640. T’ai-tsung enfeoffed a lady of the T’ang imperial house
as Princess of Wen-ch’eng and married her to the king in 641. She
survived her husband by thirty years and died in about 680.
In 659, 663, 665, 675, and 679, the Tibetans unsuccessfull requested
marriages. In 703, the Empress Wu agreed, but the Tibetan king fell
in battle against the Nepalese before the marriage could take place. In
705, the Tibetans again requested a marriage. In 707, Chung-tsung
enfeoffed a great-granddaughter of Kao-tsung, whom he had brought
up himself, as Princess of Chin-ch’eng and married her in 710 to the
Tibetan king Tsuk-tsen. She died fifteen years before her husband in
about 740. In 797 and thereafter once more, the Tibetans unsuccess-
fully requested a marriage.
Nan-chaoSoon after 878 and in 882, Nan-chao requested a marriage. Hsi-tsung
agreed and enfeoffed a lady of the T’ang imperial house as Princess
of An-hua. But he was persuaded to cancel the marriage and in 883
had the bridal envoys from Nan-chao murdered.
The T’u-yü-hunIn 596, Emperor Wen of Sui married the Princess of Kuang-hua
to the T’u-yü-hun king Shih-fu. He was killed almost immediately,
whereupon the princess married his younger brother and successor
Yün-fu.
In 634, Yün-fu requested a marriage on behalf of his son. T’ai-tsung
agreed, but the marriage was cancelled because of border troubles.
In 640, T’ai-tsung enfeoffed a lady of the T’ang imperial house as
Princess of Hung-hua (later promoted to Senior Princess) and married
her to the T’u-yü-hun king No-ho-po. She visited Ch’ang-an in 652.
Her husband died in 688.