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The Wei Zhi also records that in 238 CE, Queen Himiko sent an envoy to the court of Wei emperor Cao Rui, who responded favorably:[1]
We confer upon you, therefore, the title 'Queen of Wa Friendly to Wei', together with the decoration of the gold seal with purple ribbon. ...As a special gift, we bestow upon you three pieces of blue brocade with interwoven characters, five pieces of tapestry with delicate floral designs, fifty lengths of white silk, eight taels of gold, ‘’’two swords five feet long’’’, ‘’’one hundred bronze mirrors’’’, and ‘’’fifty catties each of jade’’’ and of red beads. (tr. Tsunoda 1951:14-15)