条支国 / Tiaozhi Kingdom

Overview

条支国 / Tiaozhi Kingdom enters the wiki as an additional far-western destination named in Ban Chao’s mission for Gan Ying. The current page keeps it source-scoped because Hanji 771 names it briefly and glosses it only broadly as part of a Middle Eastern route field.

Current Profile

Hanji 771 says Ban Chao sends Gan Ying toward Da Qin and Tiaozhi. The episode’s substantive narrative follows Gan Ying to Parthia / Anxi and then focuses on the blocked sea route toward the Roman Empire, so Tiaozhi functions as a route marker rather than an independently developed polity.

The page is still useful because it prevents the Tiaozhi notice from being folded into Da Qin or Parthia. In the current evidence, Tiaozhi marks the breadth of the mission’s western horizon while remaining under-described.

Key Characteristics

• Far-western polity or destination named alongside Da Qin in Hanji 771.
• Part of Gan Ying’s mission horizon under Ban Chao.
• Kept separate from Parthia and Da Qin because the source names it independently.
• Currently a source-scoped route marker rather than a full polity profile.

Evidence

• Mission naming: Hanji 771 says Gan Ying is sent toward Da Qin and Tiaozhi.
• Broad geography: Hanji 771 glosses the destination in the host’s narration as part of a Middle Eastern route field.
• Narrative limit: Hanji 771 develops Gan Ying’s Parthian endpoint and Da Qin/Rome target more than Tiaozhi itself.

Qualifications

This page is intentionally narrow. It does not settle Tiaozhi’s exact historical geography or political identity, and it should be revised only if later sources provide more than the current source’s brief mission notice.

What Changed

• Created the page from Hanji 771 as the additional western destination named in Gan Ying’s mission.

Relationships

• 甘英 - envoy whose mission names Tiaozhi as a destination.
• 班超 - commander who sends the mission.
• 大秦 - paired far-western target in the same source notice.
• 安息 / 帕提亚帝国 - route field through which the episode follows Gan Ying before the journey stops.
• 中介路线门控 - route-knowledge concept adjacent to Tiaozhi’s under-described position.