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Liang chih-kung-t'u (梁 職貢圖) (alternative transliterations need to be given).Chih-kung-t'u (職貢圖) were official historical documents used in many Chinese dynasties. The phrase roughly translated to duty offering pictorial. Throughout Chinese history, tribes conquered by Chinese were required to send ambassadors to the imperial court of China periodically and bring valuable gifts (kung-pin).
Drawings and paintings with detailed descriptions were used to record the look of these ambassadors to show the cultural aspects of these ethnic groups. These historical documents became good records of diplomatic relations in each dynasty.
The subject of this article is of special significance because this Liang dynasty ruler (南朝 梁元帝 蕭繹) was a painter and this particular document was his personal work.
The original has been lost. The surviving document in museum is a copy made in the Song dynasty.
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