Song Dynasty
宋朝
Western Xia
西夏
Western Xia, was the kingdom of the Tibetan-speaking Tanguts tribes that was established in the 11th century and flourished through the early 13th century until it was conquered by the Mongols of the Yuan dynasty.
西夏，是由将藏语的党项部落在11世纪建立的国家，它在13世纪早期兴盛发展直到被蒙古人建立的元朝征服。
It was located in what are now the northwestern Chinese provinces of Kansu (Gansu) and Shensi (Shaanxi).
它位于现在中国西北部甘肃省和陕西省。
Occupying the area along the trade route between Central Asia and the West,
党项占据了连接中亚和西亚之间贸易之路的一片区域，
the Tangut were formally a tributary state of first the Song and then the Jin.
它原先是宋朝后来是金朝的朝贡国。

In actuality, they were defacto independent, and the interaction belween the Jin, the Song, and the Western Xia is of interest to historians of diplomacy
事实上，它们实际上是独立的，研究外交的历史学家对于金、宋和西夏这三个国家的关系很感兴趣，
because they are an example of diplomatic relations between states of defacto equal power.
因为它们是国家之间外交关系。