List of tributaries of Imperial China

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Eastern Han

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Three Kingdoms

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Western Jin

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Jin

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Sixteen Kingdoms

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Eastern Jin

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Southern & Northern Dynasties

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Sui Dynasty

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Tang Dynasty
(interrupted by Second Zhou)

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Liao

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5 Dynasties & 10 Kingdoms

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Northern Song

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Song

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Jin

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Western Xia

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Southern Song

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Yuan Dynasty

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Ming Dynasty

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Qing Dynasty

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Republic of China

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People's Republic of China
1949-1976
1976-1989
1989-2002
2002-present

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Dark Green: Core territory of the Chinese Empire
Light Green: Territories that were under the direct adminstration of the Chinese Empire at a point in history.
Yellow: States that paid tribute to the Chinese Empire at a point in history

States that used to pay tribute to Imperial China include:

• Kök Türk (突厥)
• Loulan (樓蘭)
• Dayuan (大宛)
• Wu-sun (鳥孫)
• Gaochang (高昌)
• Yuezhi (also Yüeh-Chih, 月氏)
• Khotan (于闐, 和田)

• Korea
  • Gija Joseon (箕子朝鮮)
  • Wiman Joseon (衞滿朝鮮)
  • Silla (新羅, 雞林)
  • Baekje (百濟, 南扶餘)
  • Later Baekje (後百濟)
  • Taebong (後高句麗, 摩震)
  • Wang Dynasty of Goryeo (王氏高儷)
  • Yi Dynasty of Joseon (李氏朝鮮)

• Japan
  • Wa (also Wae, Wei, 倭)

• Ryūkyū Kingdom
  • Chuzan Principality (Middle Mountain, 中山)
  • Hokuzan Principality (Northern Mountain, 山北)
  • Nanzan Principality (Southern Mountain, 山南)
  • Ryūkyū Kingdom

• Mongol khanates
  • Kipchak Khanate (Golden Horde, Blue Horde, Great Horde, 欽察汗國, 金帳汗國, 東欽察汗國, 大欽察汗國)
  • Ilkhanate (伊兒汗國, 伊利汗國)

• Vietnam
  • Âu Lạc (甌雒, 甌貉)
  • Champa (also Chiêm Thành, Lin-yi, 林邑, 占城)
  • Van Xuan (萬春, 野能)
  • Đại Việt (also Dai Co Viet, Dai Ngu, 大越, 大瞿越, 大虞) (Ngô Dynasty 吳朝, Đinh Dynasty 丁朝, Prior Lê Dynasty 前黎朝, Lý Dynasty 李朝, Trần Dynasty 陳朝, Hồ Dynasty 胡朝, Later Lê Dynasty 後黎朝, Mạc Dynasty 莫朝)

• Cambodia
  • Kingdom of Funan 扶南
  • Zhenla 真臘
• Laos
  • Lan Xang 南掌
• Malacca (满剌加 / 馬六甲) 拜里米苏拉

• Thailand
  • Siam 邏羅
• Bhutan 不丹 ^{[citation needed]}
• Nepal 尼伯爾 ^{[citation needed]}
• Afghanistan ^{[citation needed]} and Northern Pakistan (愛烏罕, 阿富汗) ^{[citation needed]}
  • Karakum (喀喇庫木)
  • Yuli (also Weili, 尉犁)
  • Kushana (also Kuşāņa, Guishuang, 貴霜)
  • Boluo'er (博羅爾)

• Philippines
  • Manila
  • Sulu (蘇祿)
• Java
• Sri Lanka^{[citation needed]}
• Lanfang Republic

See also

• Imperial China
• Suzerainty
• Silk Road
• Sinocentrism
• Tributes
• Tributary
• Zheng He

Reference

• John K. Fairbank and Têng Ssu-yü. "On the Ch'ing Tributary System." Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 6, no. 2 (1941): 135-246.

External links

• Vietnam's many names - in Simplified Chinese
• See appendix - Year names of Vietnamese kings - in Simplified Chinese
• Citystates along the Silk Road - in English
• Tributary states in Chinese history - in Simplified Chinese

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