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Jin Chenggongzhu
Tang princess, adopted daughter of Emperor Zhongzong, sent to Tibet in 710 as bride of the Tibetan ruler Khri lde gtsug btsan, who spent three decades at his court
On a road beside a desert gateway, a camel train carries a lidded chest and rolled bundles while travellers walk along the path; a large sailing ship lies in the harbour at the right, a stone waymark stands by the road, and dunes and mountains fill the distance.
Also known as Jin Cheng
Princess Jincheng was a granddaughter of Emperor Gaozong through Li Shouli, Prince of Yong, and was raised in the palace by Emperor Zhongzong as his adopted daughter. After a Tibetan embassy asked for a marriage alliance in 709, Zhongzong betrothed her to the Tibetan ruler Khri lde gtsug btsan, and early in 710 he escorted her in person as far as Shiping, renaming that county Jincheng in her honor. She lived at the Tibetan court for nearly thirty years. In 730 she sent envoys asking for copies of the Book of Songs, the Book of Rites, the Zuo Commentary and the Selections of Refined Literature (Wenxuan), which Xuanzong had the Palace Library copy for her, and in 734 the two sides set up boundary steles at Chiling and agreed on border markets. The Tibetan Old Annals found at Dunhuang place her death in 739, while the Old Book of Tang has Tibet report it in 741.
Life and times
Dates Birth unknown–739 CE (death by other accounts 740 or 741)