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Art. XI.—The Northern Frontagers of China. Part I. The Origines of the Mongols
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 March 2011
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The researches of Schott have thrown considerable light on what was previously a very obscure question, namely, the Origines of the Mongols—a question I propose to reexamine, with his assistance and that of other recent authors. There are three methods of approaching such a question. We may analyze the Mongolian tongue, and thus discover the elements which went to make up the race; we may collect the references to the race that we find in contemporary authors; or we may examine the traditions current among the people themselves as to their origin. The first of these methods I shall not at present deal with, inasmuch as it is complicated by many extraneous elements, the Mongols having borrowed from Chinese, Thibetans, and Turks both materials for their civilization and also for their language.
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page 221 note 1 Aelteste Nachrichten von Mongolen und Tartaren. Berlin, 1846.
page 221 note 2 Ssanang Setzen's History of the East Mongols, translated by Schmidt, 1829.
page 222 note 1 Schott, , op. cit. p. 7.Google Scholar
page 222 note 2 The ancient name of an old fortified town on the site of the present Tcháo ien hien in the district of Tshing Tĕ fu, i.e. in the country of the Mongol tribe known as Eastern Tumets (Schott, , op. cit. p. 19, note 2).Google Scholar
page 223 note 1 The well-known Kiulun lake in the country of the Eastern Khalkas, into which the river Kerulon flows.
page 223 note 2 Wolff says, “In sai mu.”
page 223 note 3 See the map of Eastern Asia in Ritter.
page 224 note 1 Isbrand Ides Travels, p. 47.
page 224 note 2 Carpino, quoted iu De Hell's Travels, p. 265.
page 225 note 1 Vivian St. Mai tin on the Epthalites or White Huns, p. 26.
page 225 note 2 Setzen, Ssanang, pp. 377 and 382.Google Scholar
page 226 note 1 Wolff has identified the Sai hu tshi with the Taidjuts, but vide ante.
page 226 note 2 r in Chinese is transliterated by l.
page 227 note 1 Schott, , op. cit. p. 10.Google Scholar
page 227 note 2 Mo ghai tu in Mongol means inhabited by snakes. Schott, , op. cit. p. 20, note 2.Google Scholar
page 227 note 3 See Ritter's map, already cited.
page 227 note 4 Not 750, as Schott says. See Wolff, , op. cit. p. 19.Google Scholar
page 227 note 5 A tribe allied to the Sian pi, and whom I believe to represent the Huns of history.
page 227 note 6 Ta che or Ta kin means great waggon, just as Kao che, a Turkish tribal name, means horse waggon. See Schott, , op. cit. p. 21, note 1.Google Scholar
page 230 note 1 Tableaux historiques de l'Asie, pp. 157–8.
page 232 note 1 This stream is still called the Tunglu. It flows into the Karagol.
page 232 note 2 Schmidt, 's Ssanang Setzen, pp. 389 and 390.Google Scholar