On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v1.c7.s2.2

v1.c7.s2.2

Of this city no one seems to know anything and even the name is not quite certain as instead of Kung-yü we find in one authority Kung-ching (恭荊).² It is probable, however, that this latter form is only a freak of a copyist and that the former is the correct reading. As we find Ch'üan-ch'êng (泉城) or "City of the spring (or springs)" given as the name of this city we are probably justified in regarding Kung-yü as standing for the Turkic word Kūyu which denotes a well or spring, the native name of the city being Kūyu-shahr. It is remarkable that the Fang-chih here does not mention the "White water city" and makes Kung-yü to be above 200 *li* to the south-west of Taras or half the distance given by the pilgrim.