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Princess Xiangfu was a Han princess betrothed to Yuanguimi.
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Book of Han, Chapter 89Volume 78: Xiao Wangzhi · 7 passages
先是，烏孫昆彌翁歸靡因長羅侯常惠上書，願以漢外孫元貴靡為嗣，得復尚少主，結婚內附，畔去匈奴。
Earlier Wengguimi, Kunmi of Wusun, had petitioned through Chang Hui, Marquis of Changluo, asking that his son Yuanguimi, a grandson of the Han imperial house through his mother, succeed him and marry the Lesser Princess. This would renew the marriage alliance, attach Wusun to Han, and sever its ties with the Xiongnu.
神爵二年，遣長羅侯惠使送公主配元貴靡。
In Shenjue 2 he sent Chang Hui to escort the princess to Yuanguimi.
惠從塞下上書，願留少主敦煌郡。
Chang Hui wrote from the border asking to hold the princess at Dunhuang.
惠至烏孫，責以負約，因立元貴靡，還迎少主。
At Wusun he rebuked them for bad faith, enthroned Yuanguimi, and came back for the princess.
今少主以元貴靡不得立而還，信無負於四夷，此中國之大福也。
To bring her home because Yuanguimi failed keeps good faith with the outer tribes without loss—a great boon to China.
少主不止，繇役將興，其原起此。」
If she stays, levies and wars will follow—the trouble starts here."
天子從其議，征少主還。
The emperor agreed and recalled the princess.