Liucheng also recorded as Lukchak, is a settlement in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in north-west China

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. It is located approximately 60 li

Li (unit)

The li is a traditional Chinese unit of distance, which has varied considerably over time but now has a standardized length of 500 meters or half a kilometer...

south-east of Turfan.

It is recorded in Book of the Later Han, chapter 118, in the "Introduction to the section on Western countries", that from the year AD 123, the Chinese military governor Si yü resided in Liucheng.

Liucheng belonged to Gaochang

Gaochang

Gaochang is the site of an ancient oasis city built on the northern rim of the inhospitable Taklamakan Desert in Xinjiang, China. A busy trading center, it was a stopping point for merchant traders traveling on the Silk Road...

 in the Tang Dynasty

Tang Dynasty

The Tang Dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. It was founded by the Li family, who seized power during the decline and collapse of the Sui Empire...

, and Wang Yande, sent as an envoy to Gaochang, passed through in AD 981.