Even though the Gelug exchanged gifts with and sent missions to the Ming court up until the 1430s, the Gelug was not mentioned in <answer>the Mingshi or the Mingshi Lu</answer>. On this, historian Li Tieh-tseng says of Tsongkhapa's refusal of Ming invitations to visit the Yongle Emperor's court:
What was the Gelug not mentioned in?
the Mingshi or the Mingshi Lu