Note 6 — Chapter I · FROM CH’ANG-GAN TO THE SANDY DESERT

(6) K’een-kwei was the second king of “the Western Ts’in.” His family was of northern or barbarous origin, from the tribe of the Seen-pe, with the surname of K’eih-fuh. The first king was Kwo-kin, and received his appointment from the sovereign of the chief Ts’in kingdom in 385. He was succeeded in 388 by his brother, the K’een-kwei of the text, who was very prosperous in 398, and took the title of king of Ts’in. Fâ-Hien would find him at his capital, somewhere in the present department of Lan-chow, Kan-suh.