List of Chinese tributaries in history - Definition and Overview

States that used to pay tributes to imperial China include:

• Kök Türk (突厥)
• Loulan (樓蘭)
• Ta Yuan (大宛)
• Wu-sun (鳥孫)
• Gaochang (高昌)
• Yuezhi (also Yüeh-Chih, 月氏)
• Malacca (馬六甲)
• 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)
  • Later Goguryeo (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)
• Ryukyu
  • Chuzan Principality (Middle Mountain, 中山)
  • Hokuzan Principality (Nothern Mountain, 山北)
  • Nanzan Principality (Southern Mountain, 山南)
  • Ryukyu 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 Quyền 吳朝, Đinh Quyền 丁朝, Tiền Lê Quyền 前黎朝, Lý Quyền 李朝, Trần Quyền 陳朝, Hồ Quyền 胡朝, Later Lê Quyền 後黎朝, Mạc Quyền 莫朝)
• Cambodia
  • Kingdom of Funan 扶南
  • Zhenla 真臘
• Laos
  • Lan Xang 南掌
• Thailand
  • Siam 邏羅
• Bhutan 不丹
• Nepal 尼伯爾
• Afghanistan (愛烏罕, 阿富汗)
  • Karakum (喀喇庫木)
  • Yuli (also Weili, 尉犁)
  • Kushana (also Kuşāņa, Guishuang, 貴霜)
  • Boluo'er (博羅爾)
• Philippines
  • Sulu (蘇祿)

See also

• Suzerainty
• Silk Road
• Tributes
• Tributary
• Cheng Ho

External links

• List of states which paid tributes (http://www.google.com.hk/search?q=cache:BPt5lZGfFkcJ:www.niandaixue.com/bbs/index.php+%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B+%E6%9C%9D%E8%B2%A2%E5%9C%8B+%E9%AB%98%E6%98%8C++%E7%90%89%E7%90%83&hl=zh-TW) - in Simplified Chinese
• Au Lac (http://www.google.com.hk/search?q=cache:l-WShEl6k2sJ:travel.eastday.com/epublish/gb/paper447/1/class044700009/hwz988507.htm+%E9%87%8E%E8%83%BD+%E8%B6%8A%E5%8D%97&hl=zh-TW) - in Simplified Chinese
• Vietnam's many names (http://www.thingsasian.com/goto_article/article.623.html) - in Simplified Chinese
• See appendix - Year names of Vietnamese kings (http://travel.eastday.com/epublish/gb/paper447/1/class044700009/hwz988507.htm) - in Simplified Chinese
• Suzerainty in Chinese history (http://www.google.com.hk/search?q=cache:ZeVev-tfKTgJ:www.juancai.com/cddajin/MyPower/Article_Print.asp%3FArticleID%3D693+%22%E5%8D%97%E6%8E%8C%22+%22%E6%9C%9D%E8%B2%A2%22&hl=zh-TW) - in Simplified Chinese
• Citystates along the Silk Road (http://www.chinaknowledge.de/History/Han/citystates.html) - in English
• Tributary states in Chinese history (http://club.it.sohu.com/read-kaogu-14552-0-0.html) - in Simplified Chinese