Tibet
The best-known medieval Chinese name for Tibet is Tubo (Chinese: Tu Fan  also written as Tu Fan  or Tu Fan ; pinyin: Tubo or Tufan). This name first appears in Chinese characters as Tu Fan  in the 7th century (Li Tai) and as Tu Fan  in the 10th-century (Old Book of Tang describing 608-609 emissaries from Tibetan King Namri Songtsen to Emperor Yang of Sui). In the Middle Chinese spoken during that period, as reconstructed by William H. Baxter, Tu Fan  was pronounced thux-phjon and Tu Fan  was pronounced thux-pjon (with the x representing tone).
What is the best-known medieval Chinese name for Tibet?
Tubo
The best-known medieval Chinese name for Tibet is Tubo (Chinese: Tu Fan  also written as Tu Fan  or Tu Fan ; pinyin: Tubo or Tufan).
Tibet