“ The learned, warlike, filial and virtuous Emperor, and the
divine and all-wise Tsanpu, Te-chih-li-tsan, their all-wise
majesties, with intuitive wisdom reaching far, and knowing both
present and future, good and evil, with feelings of benevolent
pity and imperial grace overspreading all, without distinction
of native and foreign, have negotiated an alliance, and resolved
to give to the myriad families peace and prosperity, and with
like thought have completed a long, lasting and good deed.
They have re-connected the bonds of affectionate kinship,
strengthened anew the right policy of neighbourly friendship,
and made this great peace.
“ The two countries Fan and Han keeping the lands and
boundaries which they now ru le : all to the east shall be
within the borders of the great Tang, all to the west shall be the
territory of the great Fan. Neither the one nor the other
shall slaughter or figh t; they shall not move weapons or armour,
nor shall they plot to encroach on each other’s territory. Should
any men be liable to suspicion, they shall be taken alive and their
business enquired into, after which they shall be given clothes
and food and sent back to their own country.
“ Now the gods of the land and of grain have been united to
make this great peace, yet to keep up the good relationship of
the father and son-in-law there must be constant communication.
The one shall rely on the other, and constantly send
envoys to and fro. Both Fan and Han shall change horses at
the Chiangchun Pass, and to the east of the Suiyung Barrier
the great Tang shall provide for the mission, while to the west of
the City of Chingshui the great Fan shall entertain them. They
shall both be treated with due ceremony, according to the near
relationship of the Imperial father and son-in-law, so that
within the twb borders neither smoke nor dust shall rise, no
word of invasion or plunder shall be heard, and there shall be no
longer anxious fear and trembling. The frontier guards shall
be dismissed, and the land shall have perfect quiet in consequence
of this joyful event. Their grace shall be handed down to ten
thousand generations, arid sounds of grateful praise shall extend
to wherever the sun and the moon shine. The Fan shall be at
peace in the Fan country; the Han also shall be joyful in the Han
country, and this is truly a great deed of good augury. They
shall keep their sworn oath, and there shall never be any change.
THE TIBETAN WHO IS MOVING OUT OF THE PICTURE TO
THE LEFT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE PECULIAR NATIONAL
t y p e . Granite,, -dun, grey-yellow, pointiq&.^whitp*.. Prqut’s
[ brown yak hair curtains, 1 dull crimson pillars, valance
isabella-cclour, sacred monogram gold, sky ultramarine.
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