Translated by Ambassador Shi Yue of Zhang Qian.

Sai Zhang is from Hanzhong. In the first year of Jian 'an, he served as Langguan. At that time, the people who surrendered by the Huns said that the Huns broke the Moon King and used his head as a wine vessel. So the Vietnamese fled and resented the Huns just because no one was fighting with them.

The Han Dynasty wanted to wage a war to destroy the Huns. When they heard this, they wanted to send someone to see the Yue people, but the Huns were the only way, so they recruited people who could send them. Sai Zhang, as a Lang official, should be recruited as the ambassador of Yue people. Leave Longxi with Tangyi's servant Ganfu.

Passed by the Huns, was intercepted by the Huns and sent to Khan by car. Shan Yu said, "The Vietnamese are in my north. How to get to the Han people? If I want to send someone to South Vietnam, will the Han Dynasty let our people pass by? " Detained Zhang Qian for more than ten years. He married him and gave birth to a son. However, Zhang Qian still has the identity of the Han Festival messenger. ?

Zhang Qian, who lives in the west of Xiongnu, took the opportunity to lead his men to flee to Ren Yue. After running west for dozens of days, I arrived at Dawan. Dawan heard that the Han Dynasty was rich in products, but he couldn't find the opportunity to associate with the Han Dynasty. Nice to meet Zhang Qian. Ask him where he is going.

Zhang Qian said, "The Huns blocked the way for the Han Dynasty, and now I have fled to your country. I hope your majesty can send someone to lead the way and take us there. If we can reach the moon, after we return to the Han Dynasty, the property given to your majesty by the Han Dynasty must be endless. " Dawan thought it was ok, so he sent them and sent translators and tour guides for them.

Send it to Kangju, and Kangju will send it to Da Yue by cart. At this time, the original Wang Yueshi had been killed by the Huns and made his wife king. The big moon family has made the great Xia submit to the rule.

They have fertile land, rich production, no intrusion, and a leisurely mood. They think they are far away from the Han Dynasty and don't want to get close to it, and they have no intention of taking revenge on the Xiongnu.

Zhang Qian, from Yueshi to Daxia, never got a clear statement from Yueshi Wang. I stayed for more than a year and had to come back. Along Nanshan, I wanted to return to the Han Dynasty from where the Qiang people lived, and was stopped by the Huns.

He was detained for more than a year, but Khan died, and the Huns were in chaos. Zhang Qian fled back to the Han Dynasty with his wife and Tang Yi's father. The imperial court named him Taizhong Taifu, and Tangyi Ganfu was the monarch.

Source: From Zhang Qianxi's Children's Language

Extended data:

The reason why Zhang Qian went to the West;

1, the unification of China in the Han Dynasty and the establishment of a centralized state were political conditions.

2. Xiongnu harassed the Han Dynasty, so it is a military condition to fight against Xiongnu through military ties with western countries.

3. The countries in the western regions were also invaded by Huns and wanted to join hands with the Central Plains Dynasty.

4. Agriculture in the Central Plains has developed rapidly, and the progress of farming civilization is the economic foundation.

Zhang Qian made two missions to the Western Regions:

The first time was from 138 BC to 126 BC, that is, 13 years.

The second time began in 1 19 BC, and ended in 1 15 BC, ***5 years.

Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions was originally intended to carry out the strategic intention of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to unite with Da Yueshi to fight against the Huns. However, after he went to the Western Regions, the cultural exchanges between Han and Yi were frequent, and the civilization of the Central Plains spread rapidly around through the "Silk Road".

Therefore, Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions has special historical significance. Zhang Qian made outstanding contributions to the opening of the Silk Road from China to the Western Regions, which has been praised by the world so far. It opened up the Silk Road to the Western Regions, which enabled the countries in the Western Regions and the Han Dynasty to have an understanding, and promoted the cultural exchanges between the East and the West and the development of commerce and trade.

The murals of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes in Zhang Qian's mission to Yuejia have a new explanation for the real purpose of Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions. It is believed that Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions was not to contact the Yue family and the Xia family to deal with the Huns, but to go to the Xia family to seek the Buddha's name. The title of the mural reads: "I don't know the name of the former Golden Man from Hanzhong, but it was the time when Zhang Qian, the prince of Xixia, asked for his name."