Tang and Tibetan representatives covenant at Qingshui
The Zizhi tongjian reports that Zhang Yi and the Tibetan minister Shang Jiezan concluded a covenant at Qingshui.
What this does and does not establish
Wikisource raw revision 803246. Line 43 says territorial boundaries remained unsettled afterward; this event does not establish a completed boundary settlement.
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- Region
- East 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
- Jianzhong 4, first lunar month, dinghai
- How we use it
- Year-level placement is limited to the dated source entry.
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Dating notes from the research record
Explicit month at zztj228.wikitext line 17, under line 15 heading '德宗神武聖文皇帝三建中四年（癸亥，公元七八三年）'. Calendar headers and December rows examined: sinica-782-12-31.html gives '西元782年12月31日' = '唐德宗建中3年(歲次壬戌)11月23日'; sinica-783-12-31.html gives '西元783年12月31日' = '唐德宗建中4年(歲次癸亥)12月3日'. The intervening first month belongs to Julian AD 783. Original quotation begins at line 17, character 262.
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Source 1 · Supports the statement
Zizhi tongjian
Sima Guang and collaborators
Quoted text (Classical Chinese)
春，正月，丁亥，隴右節度使張鎰與吐蕃尚結贊盟於清水。AI working translation into English; not official or authoritative
In spring, in the first month, on dinghai, Zhang Yi, military commissioner of Longyou, concluded a covenant with the Tibetan Shang Jiezan at Qingshui.
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