The kingdom of Heluotuo訶羅陁國
1The memorial of Heluotuo
元嘉七年，遣使奉表曰：
In the seventh year of Yuanjia it sent an envoy with a memorial:
2In praise of Yangdu
:伏承聖主，信重三寶，興立塔寺，周滿國界。城郭莊嚴，清淨無穢，四衢交通，廣博平坦。臺殿羅列，狀若眾山，莊嚴微妙，猶如天宮。聖王出時，四兵具足，導從無數，以為守衞。都人士女，麗服光飾，市廛豐富，珍賄無量，王法清整，無相侵奪。學徒遊集，三乘競進，敷演正法，雲布雨潤。四海流通，萬國交會，長江眇漫，清淨深廣，有生咸資，莫能銷穢，陰陽調和，災厲不行。誰有斯美，大宋揚都，聖王無倫，臨覆上國。有大慈悲，子育萬物，平等忍辱，怨親無二，濟乏周窮，無所藏積，靡不照達，如日之明，無不受樂，猶如淨月。宰輔賢良，羣臣貞潔，盡忠奉主，心無異想。
"I have humbly heard that the sage ruler (聖主) trusts and honors the Three Jewels, and has raised stupas and temples until they fill the borders of the land. The walls and gates are solemn, clean and without filth, and the four highways run through them, broad and level. Terraces and halls stand in rows like a mass of mountains, solemn and subtle as a palace of heaven. When the sage king goes out, the four kinds of troops are complete, those who lead and follow are past counting, and they serve as his guard. The men and women of the capital wear fine clothes and shining ornaments. The markets are rich and their treasures are without measure. The royal law is clear and orderly, and none robs another. Students travel and gather there, the Three Vehicles press forward in rivalry, and the true Law is set out and expounded, spreading like cloud and moistening like rain. The four seas flow and are joined, the ten thousand kingdoms come and meet, and the long river is wide and hazy, clean and deep and broad. Every living thing draws on it and none can foul it. Yin and yang are in harmony, and disaster and plague do not walk abroad. Who has such beauty as this? It is Yangdu of the great Song, where the sage king beyond compare presides over and shelters the upper kingdom. He has great compassion and rears the ten thousand things as his children. He is even-minded and patient under insult, and makes no two of enemy and friend. He saves the needy and helps the poor on every side, and hoards nothing up. There is nothing he does not shine upon and reach, like the brightness of the sun. There is none who does not receive joy from him, as from the clear moon. His chief ministers are worthy and good and his many officials are upright and clean. They give their whole loyalty in serving their lord, and have no other thought in their hearts.
3The plea of Jiankai
:伏惟皇帝，是我真主。臣是訶羅陁國王名曰堅鎧，今敬稽首聖王足下，惟願大王知我此心久矣，非適今也。山海阻遠，無緣自達，今故遣使，表此丹誠。所遣二人，一名毗紉，一名婆田，令到天子足下。堅鎧微蔑，誰能知者，是故今遣二人，表此微心，此情既果，雖死猶生。仰惟大國，藩守曠遠，我即邊方藩守之一。上國臣民，普蒙慈澤，願垂恩逮，等彼僕臣。臣國先時人眾殷盛，不為諸國所見陵迫，今轉衰弱，鄰國競侵。伏願聖王，遠垂覆護，并市易往反，不為禁閉。若見哀念，願時遣還，令此諸國，不見輕侮，亦令大王名聲普聞，扶危救弱，正是今日。今遣二人，是臣同心，有所宣啟，誠實可信。願勑廣州時遣舶還，不令所在有所陵奪。願自今以後，賜年年奉使。今奉微物，願垂哀納。
I humbly consider that the emperor is our true lord. Your subject is the king of the kingdom of Heluotuo, and his name is Jiankai. Now I respectfully bow my head at the feet of the sage king, and I pray that the great king may know that this heart of mine is long-standing and not a thing of today only. Mountains and seas block the way and it is far, so I had no means to reach you myself. Now I have purposely sent envoys to set out this red sincerity. The two men I send are named Piren and Potian, and I have had them come to the feet of the Son of Heaven. Jiankai is small and slight, and who could know him? Therefore I now send these two men to set out this little heart, and if this feeling bears fruit, then though I die I shall live. Looking up, I consider that the border guards of the great kingdom are wide and far, and I am one of those border guards myself. The subjects and people of the upper kingdom all receive its kindly favor. I pray that you let your grace reach me and make me equal with those servants of yours. In earlier times the people of your subject's kingdom were many and flourishing, and they were not slighted or pressed by the other kingdoms. Now they grow weak, and the neighboring kingdoms vie in raiding them. I humbly pray that the sage king spread his cover and protection from afar, and that the going and coming of trade be not shut off. If you take pity on me, I pray you send them back in good time, so that these kingdoms do not make light of us, and so that the name of the great king may be heard everywhere. To hold up the endangered and to save the weak is the work of this very day. The two men I now send are of one heart with your subject, and what they report is truly to be believed. I pray that you order Guangzhou to send the ship back in good time, and not to let anyone anywhere slight us or take from us. I pray that from now on I be granted to send envoys year by year. Now I offer small things, and I pray that you take pity and receive them."