![]() ![]() The other nations had to send a tributary envoy to China on schedule, who would kowtow to the Chinese emperor as a form of tribute, and acknowledge his superiority and precedence. It involved multiple relationships of trade, military force, diplomacy and ritual. ![]() The tributary system of China ( simplified Chinese: 中华朝贡体系 traditional Chinese: 中華朝貢體系 pinyin: Zhōnghuá cháogòng tǐxì), or Cefeng system ( simplified Chinese: 册封体制 traditional Chinese: 冊封體制 pinyin: Cèfēng tǐzhì) was a network of loose international relations focused on China which facilitated trade and foreign relations by acknowledging China's predominant role in East Asia. ![]() The bald man in the middle is from the West and the man to his right is from Korea. Tributary envoys are being received at court. Mural from the Qianling Mausoleum in Shaanxi, 706. ![]()
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