Summer, 4th month. Pok-sin, of Pèkché, sent an Envoy to present a memorial requesting permission to wait upon (and bring away) their Prince Kyu-hè.
In the "Record of the reigns of Japan," written by the Priest To-hyön,[1] it is said:—"Pok-sin, of Pèkché, presented a writing in which he begged the Eastern Court to give up his Lord Kyu-hè." One book says:—"In the fourth month the Empress transferred the capital to the Palace of Asakura."
5th month, 9th day. The Empress removed her residence to the Palace of Asakura[2] no Tachibana no Hironiha.
At this time trees belonging to the Shrine[3] of Asakura were cut down and cleared away in order to build this Palace. Therefore the Gods were angry and demolished the building. (XXVI. 25.) Some were also struck,[4] and in consequence the Grand Treasurer[5] and many of those in waiting took ill and died.
23rd day. Tamna,[6] for the first time, sent Prince A-pha-ki and others with tribute.
In the writing of Hakatoko, Yuki no Muraji, it is stated[7]:—"On the 25th day of the 1st month of the year Kanoto Tori (A.D. 661), we arrived at Yueh-chow on our return journey. On the 1st day of the 4th month, leaving Yueh-chow, we proceeded homewards in an easterly direction, and on the 7th arrived south of Mount Ch‘êng-an-shan. On the 8th day at cock-crow we put out to sea with a south-west wind in our favour, but in mid-ocean we lost our way and tossed about, undergoing much suffering. On the 9th day at nightfall we reached the island of Tamna with great difficulty. There we induced Prince A-pha-ki and eight other natives of the island to embark with us in the Guest-ship[8] to the end that we
- ↑ See above, XXVI. 18.
- ↑ Thought to be in Chikuzen. Tachibana no Hironiha (the wide court of the orange-blossom) is probably an ornamental epithet.
- ↑ Shrine is used for a Shintō place of worship; temple means a Buddhist temple.
- ↑ By a curse from the deities.
- ↑ Another reading is Chief Chamberlain.
- ↑ Quelpaert.
- ↑ See above, XXVI. 19.
- ↑ The ship in which they had gone as visitors to China.
