Southern Sea first had communication with the Land of Pèkché.
A.D. 509. 3rd year, Spring, 2nd month. Envoys were sent to Pèkché.
The statement in the Pèkché "Original Record" that Lord Kuramachi came from Japan (Nippon) is unclear.
The subjects of Pèkché, who during three or four generations (XVII. 10.) had made their escape and were living as refugees in the villages of the Japanese domain of Imna, having lost their place in the register of population, were all removed to Pèkché and replaced on the registers.
A.D. 511. 5th year, Winter, 10th month. The capital was transferred to Tsutsuki in Yamashiro.
A.D. 512. 6th year, Summer, 4th month, 6th day. Oshiyama, Hodzumi no Omi, was sent on a mission to Pèkché with a present of 44 horses of the Land of Tsukushi.
Winter, 12th month. Pèkché sent an envoy with tribute. In a separate memorial Pèkché asked for four districts of the Land of Imna, viz. Upper Tari, Lower Tari, Syata, and Muro. Oshiyama, Hodzumi no Omi, Governor of the Land of Tari, made a representation to the Emperor, saying:—"These four districts border on Pèkché and are far separated from the Japanese Residency. Morning and evening they (i.e. Pèkché and Tari) exchange communications: their fowls and dogs cannot be kept apart. If they are now ceded to Pèkché and
Tamna is in the midst of the Southern Sea. In ancient times there were no inhabitants. Then there were three divine men who bubbled up from the earth. The eldest was called Nang-eul-la, the next was called Ko-eul-la, and the third Pu-eul-la. One day these three, having gone out to hunt by the sea-side, found a stone coffer. On opening it, they discovered three women, with cattle of various sorts and seeds of the five kinds of grain. They eventually shared between them, taking the women as wives. Then each betook himself to a well-watered fertile spot and selected by divination a residence. Nang-eul-la's dwelling was called First City, Ko-eul-la's Second City, and Pu-eul-la's Third City. Then they sowed the five grains and pastured the cattle, and prospered and multiplied from day to day. Tamna is also called Tam-mu-ra."—"Tongkam," IV. 31.
"A.D. 498. The King of Pèkché, because Tamna did not pay tribute, set out himself on an expedition against it. He got as far as Muchinchiu, when the Tamna people heard of it and sent messengers to beg for pardon. So they were let off."—"Tongkam," V. 3.
There is no mention of Tamna in the "Tongkam" under the year 508.
