''The khan wore a green satin robe; his hair, which was ten feet long, was free. A band of white silk wound round his forehead and hung down behind. The ministers of the presence,〔"ta-Kuan"", probably tarkhan is intended; ''see'' Christian 260.〕 numbering two hundred in number, all wearing embroidered robes, stood on his right and left. The rest of his military retinue () clothed in fur, serge and fine wool, the spears and standards and bows in order, and the riders of camels and horses stretched far out of ().''〔Adapted from Watters I:74,77.〕

''Tong Yehu Kaghan is a man of bravery and astuteness. He is good at art of war. Thus he controlled Tiele tribes to the north, confronted Persia to the west, connected with Kasmira (nowadays Kashmir) to the south. All countries are subjected to him. He controlled ten thousands of men with arrow and bow, establishing his power over the western region. He occupied the land of Wusun and moved his tent to Qianquan north of Tashkent. All of the princes of western region assumed the Turk office of Jielifa. Tong Yehu Kaghan also sent a Tutun to monitor them for imposition. The power of Western Turks had never reached such a state before".''〔Ying, Lin. (''Western Turks and Byzantine gold coins found in China - Transoxiana'' )〕