":::::::::Well, some of the Tibetan factional leaders paid tribute to the Ming emperors up until the reign of the Jiajing Emperor in the 16th century, as tributary vassals to their nominal suzerain overlord. The Ming didn't have any real power over Tibet, as explained by Wylie, Goldstein, and Hoffman, but they did gain the submission of tributary gifts from the Tibetans in the same manner that the kings of Joseon in Korea bowed to the Chinese emperors and sent him gifts of tribute. This was all about maintaining an international pecking order with the Chinese emperors at the top of the pyramid. As explained in my article, the Ming hardly intervened in Tibet militarily and only conferred onto the Tibetans titles for this and that to keep up the charade that the Ming were somehow in control of what happened in Tibet. In any case I'm fine with the new title for the article.   
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