The Roots of Genghis Khan/Chinggiz Khan

 

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All of my writing is a brief summary based on Dr. Jeon Won-cheol's <Goguryeo-Balhae, Genghis Khan/Chinggiz Khan Volume I-II >published by Bibong Publishing in 2015 in Korea. Numerous scholars have conducted research on Genghis Khan/Chinggiz Khan of Mongolia, which formed a great stem of world history and had a great influence on civilization in the East and the West, but it was kept secret without knowing who his early ancestors were, where their ancestors came from, and in what civilization environment they lived in. 

Dr. Jeon Won-cheol is a Korean historian of the century who alone dug into the secrets that have been buried for the past 800 years. I was so moved by this book that I wrote it to inform not only Koreans but also many people around the world about the study of Genghis Khan/ Chinggiz Khan, Tatars and Mongols. In response, I am posting a short and understandable summary of his great achievements, hoping that my small effort will inform people not only in Korea but also in many countries around the world, and re-study the history of East Asia, Central Asia, the Middle East and Europe, centered on Dr. Jeon Won-cheol, and will serve as an opportunity to dig up lots of the undiscovered treasures.                          

Through his books,I hope that peoples living on this earth can realize that the Pax of Mongoliana was not achived by the Genghis Khan/Chinggiz Khan, a barbarian, on a riding horse but by the well educated ,organized and civilized people learning their ancestors who ruled two great empires in north-east Asia.

Story 5. "The Great War between the Tatar and the Mongol race" about the early ancestors of Genghis Khan/Chinggiz Khan

Episode 1. The international situation in Northeast Asia in the 8th century.

After the collapse of Goguryeo, Tang needed a force to check the Balhae渤海 when Balhae, a descendant of the Goguryeo 高句麗, appeared in control of the old Goguryeo region. To the north of Tang, there were the Khitan契丹 adjacent to Balhae and the Turk突厥 to the west of Khitan, so the Tang needed a force to check the Khitan and Balhae. Among the seven parts of the Malgals靺鞨, which were under the influence of Goguryeo in the past, Tang made a lot of diplomatic efforts to check the Balhae and the Khitan 渠蘭 by attracting the forces of the Heuksumalgal 黑水 靺鞨 in the north of the Balhae. As a result, the second king of Balhae, Dae Mu-ye大武藝, appointed his younger brother Dae Moon-ye 大門藝 as a general and attacked the Heuksumalgal 黑水(black river)靺鞨.

However, as he approached the battlefield, Dae Moon-ye, who still had the opinion that confrontation with the Tang should be avoided, recommended that his brother and king Dae Mu-ye大武藝 withdraw his expedition to Heuksumalgal. When Dae Mu -ye  was angered by this, Dae Mu-ye sent his cousin, 壹夏 ll Ha, to punish him and conduct an expedition to the Heuksumalgal 黑水靺鞨, and then the Dae Moon-ye exiled himself to Tang. After the expedition, Dae Mu-ye, the king of Balhae, sent his son, Dorihaeng都利行, to the Tang as an envoy to ask the Tang to punish him the Dae Moon-ye, but the Tang protected him under one excuse or another, and rather, 都利行 Dorihaeng, the prince who went to the envoy, was mysteriously killed.

In 732, Balhae's King Dae Mu-ye made a surprise attack on Deungju (Sandongseong) across the sea, beginning a two-year war against the Tang. Balhae in alliance with the Khitan and the Dolgwol突厥(Turk) attacked the Tang, while the Tang formed a coalition with Silla in the south of Balhae to become a large international war in Northeast Asia against Balhae and its allied forces.

Episode 2.The Great War of Tatars-Mongols

After the long war( approx. 70 years) Goguryue aginst Tang and the fall of Goguryue , Goguryue royalty, aristocrats, and numerous refugees were taken to Tang and scattered throughout its territory in Manchuria and to the north-western Asia. This was due to fears of a revival of the Goguryeo kingdom. Some migrated near the central, monitorable capital, while others moved very far from Goguryeo's former territories. In its war against Balhae, the Tang also mobilized Goguryue generals who fled to Tang, soldiers, and Goguryue nobles and refugees under the influence of Tang, joining the Tang army to wage war against Balhae.

 This might be the battle between successors of Goguryue and the army of Balhae, but when Tang's army, or the Tatars army from Dae Dae-Ro family groups, defeated the Mongol/Malgals of Balhae army, the author discovered two substantial historical figures who escaped alive in an epic tale about Qian/Kian and Nekuz, two legendary figures in <the History of four countries四汗史,Taikh-I Arba' Ulus >written by Mirzo Ulukbek(1394~1449) and<Tarikh-e Monghul,集史History of Mongol,1387>by Rashid Aldin Fadle Allah and librarians, respectively. Descendants of Mongolia and Tatar remembered and recorded Balhae and the war against the Tang from their point of view, and wrote historical books centered on the actions of their ancestors, such as <蒙古秘史, Secret History of Mongols>, <集史, Tarikh-e Moghul,1387>, <Taikh-I Arba' Ulus, 四汗史Historical History >by Mirzo Uluk Beck 1394-1449> and <Turik Shezhiresi >by Abulgazi.

Story 6. Legendary ancestors of Genghis Khan/Chinggiz Khan, Qian/Kian and Nekuz.

Episode. 'Erkenne Kuhn/Arkana Kuhn' by the Turks and the ancestors of Mongol.

In <Taikh-I Arba' Ulus四汗史>, there was a man named El Korn, the legendary Turkic ancestors. His second son, "Tur Ibn Paridun," allied himself with the Tatar Khan, Sebinchi Khan, and went to the war against the Mongol tribe. "El Korn," the leader of Mongol, fought against his second son, "Tur Ibn Paridun." As a result, only his one son, Kayon Ibn Elkorn, or Kayon the son of El Korn, and Nukuz, their two wives survived, and fled to ‘Arkana Korn’, a legendary province to live in order to escape from the enemy. The Turkic people called this mountain "Arkana Korn." In other words, the’ Valley of the Fierce’. Over the years, their descendants increased to form two clans.

According to another story, when the Mongol lost the war, 40 maidens fled to the western area. Their descendants founded the Kirchid dynasty, and 30 young men fled to the near east after losing the war. The Kirchidites emerged from the families of the 40 maidens, and 30 tribes emerged from the families of the 30 young men who fled to the east. The eastern history books, including <the History of Liao 遼史>, records show that these 30 men later became the chiefs of the Jangbaeksan Jurchen tribe長白山女眞.

Historians of each country have long tried and discussed to find out where the legendary "Erkene Kuhn/Arkana Kuhn" is but did not say with confidence. However, Dr. Jeon Won-cheol discovered the exact location, not speculation, by searching    through the ancient Goguryue language,Mongolian, Manchurian,Turkish, Uzbek , English, French,Japanese Gina,Persian,Russian and more than 20 languages and librarians.

"Arkana Kuhn/Erkene Kuhn" is "A-b-ro-Khane's County," or "A-b-ro-Khane's County 鴨綠江 部," which was near "the West Capital西京," one of the four capitals in Balhae, home to Kiyan and Nekuz. This name is Abnok-gun 鸭綠郡, abbreviated during the Laio Dynasty 療, which encompasses today's river systems and the area of Jim-an 集安 across the river ‘Abnok River鸭綠江’ the current border river of North Korea and Manchuria.