Turfan (Gaochang, Karakhodjo, Huozhou, Qocho)

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Yelu Chucai said the following about Gaochang:

"South of the city (of Bishbalik), 500 li distant, is Huo chou, the same place which at the time of the T’ang was called Kao ch’ang, and also Yi chou". West of Kao ch’ang, 3000 or 4000 li distant, is the city of Wu duan, which is the same as the realm of Yü t’ien of the T’ang dynasty."

Bretschneider's note says the following:

"The author is right in identifying Huo chou or Karakhodjo with ancient Kao ch’ang. Wang Yen te, a Chinese envoy, went to Kao ch’ang at the end of the tenth century (see the translation of his narrative in Stan. Julien’s “Mélanges de Géographie Asiatique,” pp. 90-92)."

- Emil Bretschneider, "Si yu lu", in
Mediaeval Researches, Vol. 1, p. 16