| | Diplomatic hiccup of Ono no Imoko's mission - China History Forum, chinese history forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30) |
 | | In AD 607, on behalf regent Prince Shōtoku (聖徳太子), Ono no Imoko (小野妹子) led a Kenzui-shi (遣隋使) from Japan to the Sui Dynasty's Imperial Court (隋朝) in LuòYáng (洛陽/洛阳). |
 | | In a Japanese children's book, it showed that the choice was words were deliberately chosen by Prince Shōtoku, and when Ono no Imoko pointed its potential damage to the mission, Prince Shōtoku maintained he wanted to make clear his country was seeking inter-state relationship as an equal (Chinese dynasties must had some reputation even then!). |
 | | Nihon Shoki mentions the embassy, doesn't mention the terms of Shōtoku's letter at all, but has Imoko claiming that the return letter the Sui emperor gave him was confiscated by Paekche officials as he passed through that kingdom. |
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