Says Silla belonged to Wa (Japan).
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梁職貢圖 is an interesting ancient record. The original 梁職貢圖 was made by 蕭繹 during the Liang Dynasty in China. The original record was then copied during the Northern Song. This copy was copied again by a Qing artist 張庚. This version is called 諸番貢職圖. 愛日吟廬書畵續錄 (1914) contains it. This edition discovered by 趙燦鵬 includes 題記 for Silla and Goguryeo, too. 梁職貢圖 舊藏本 in Nanjing Museum is an incomplete edition that includes only Baekje 題記 for Korean kingdoms. Another edition called 唐閻立本王會圖 kept in a museum in Taiwan (故宮博物院) contains drawings for all three envoys but it omits 題記.
This is 梁職貢圖 舊藏本 that describes various foreign envoys.
This is the part for Baekje.
Baekje, Goguryeo and Silla envoys depicted in 唐閻立本王會圖.
This is the newly discovered 新羅題記 from 愛日吟廬書畵續錄.
This is 梁職貢圖 舊藏本 that describes various foreign envoys.
This is the part for Baekje.
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百濟舊來夷 馬韓之屬晉末駒驪旣略有遼東樂浪亦有遼西晉平縣自晋已來常修蕃貢義熙中其王餘腆宋元嘉中其王餘毗齊永明中其王餘太皆受中國官爵梁初以太除征東將軍尋爲高句驪所破普通二年其王餘隆遣使奉表云累破高麗所治城曰固麻謂邑檐魯於中國郡縣有二十二檐魯分子弟宗族爲之旁小國有叛波卓多羅前羅新羅止迷麻連上己文下枕羅等附之言語衣服略同高麗行不張拱拜不申足以帽爲冠襦曰複袗袴曰褌其言參諸夏亦秦韓之遺俗
Baekje, Goguryeo and Silla envoys depicted in 唐閻立本王會圖.
This is the newly discovered 新羅題記 from 愛日吟廬書畵續錄.
QUOTE
斯羅國本東夷辰韓之小國也魏時曰新羅宋時斯羅其實一也或屬韓或屬倭國王不能自通使聘普通二年其王姓募名泰始使隨百濟奉表獻方物其國有城號曰健年其俗與高麗相類無文字刻木爲範言語待百濟
There are small errors. 姓募名泰 should be 姓募名秦 and 健年 should be 健牟羅. It also doesn't make sense at the basic level that Silla wasn't using letters in the 6th C. At that time, the Silla envoy was depending on the Baekje envoy for translation and Silla was a competing country for Baekje. It's highly likely that the Baekje envoy didn't describe Silla favorably. The phrase the OP is highlighting is this: 或屬韓或屬倭國. "(Silla) belonged to either 韓 or 倭." As with many ambiguous and contradictory lines in ancient records, there is a lot of room for how to interpret it. The fact is that Silla and Baekje fought for dominance and Wa (Yamato) was always allied with Baekje, providing military aid. The borderlines were constantly changing and Wa was involved in many wars. In the beginning, Silla was the weakest of the three kingdoms in the peninsula but Silla managed to expand its territory. Silla's 眞德女王 allied with Tang and eventually conquered the other kingdoms in the peninsula.
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