Anxi protectorate established at Kucha
The Zizhi tongjian records recovery of the four garrisons and establishment of the Anxi protectorate at Kucha.
What this does and does not establish
Juan 205, revision 1502886, line 70. The preceding passage names Kucha, Khotan, Kashgar and Suyab as the four garrisons. Kucha explicitly locates the administrative action in Central Asia; the battlefield itself is not identified.
- Read through an AI working translation.
- Region
- Central Asia
- Theme
- Politics and institutions
- Kind of record
- Placed in a year. A source places this in one year. It is listed under that year; no day precision is invented.
How it is dated
- Date reference
- Zhou, Changshou 1, winter, tenth month, bingxu
- How we use it
- Year-level placement is limited to the dated source entry.
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Dating notes from the research record
Read zztj205.wikitext lines 48–74, distinguishing the retrospective captivity narrative from the explicit tenth-month action. sinica-691-12-31.html gives Tianshou 3, month 2, day 7; sinica-692-12-31.html gives Changshou 2, month 1, day 18. The summer fourth month, ninth-month era change and following winter tenth month precede the next 正月 at line 74, placing this action in Julian 692. zztj204 lines 159 and 197 establish the reformed calendar and Zhou dynasty, despite 唐武后 in both tables.
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Source 1 · Supports the statement
Zizhi tongjian
Sima Guang and collaborators
Quoted text (Classical Chinese)
冬，十月，丙戌，大破吐蕃，復取四鎮，置安西都護府於龜茲，發兵戍之。AI working translation into English; not official or authoritative
In winter, in the tenth month, on bingxu, [the army] decisively defeated Tibet, recovered the four garrisons, established the Anxi Protectorate at Kucha, and dispatched troops to garrison it.
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