 ...Even if the name Kangju was originally an attempt to transcribe the sounds of a foreign name, it would still have carried the sense of a peaceful place to Chinese speakers, and the name 'Kang' would have had overtones of a peaceful people.Later Chinese sources, during the Sui and Tang dynasties, refer to Kangju as the State of Kang () By that time it was part of the Göktürk Khaganate.