Emperor Shenzong of Song
The last diplomatic contacts with Fulin are recorded as having taken place in the 11th century AD. From the "Wenxian Tongkao", written by historian Ma Duanlin (1245–1322), and from the "History of Song", it is known that the Byzantine emperor Michael VII Parapinakēs Caesar (, "Mie li sha ling kai sa") of Fulin sent an embassy to China's Song dynasty that arrived in 1081 AD, during the reign of Emperor Shenzong of Song (r. 1067–1085 AD). The "History of Song" described the tributary gifts given by the Byzantine embassy as well as the products made in Byzantium. It also described punishments used in Byzantine law, such as the capital punishment of being stuffed into a "feather bag" and thrown into the sea, probably the Romano-Byzantine practice of "poena cullei" (from Latin 'penalty of the sack'). The final recorded embassy arrived in 1091 AD, during the reign of Alexios I Komnenos (r. 1081–1118 AD); this event is only mentioned in passing.