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