Story 72. The 8 Tatar Khans, the 5th to the 8th Khans
Story 72. The 8 Tatar Khans, the 5th to the 8th Khans Episode 1. The 5th Tatar “Etshiz Khan” is ‘A d.l. Shar ( 男率 ), or ‘Namgeon ( 男建 )’ The 5th Tatar Khan, “King Etshiz Kon, the son of Ansilkon”, despite the expression “son”, is actually Cheon Namgeon ( 泉男建 ), the “younger brother” of Cheon Namsaeng ( 泉男生 ), who served as Daemakriji ( 大莫離支 ). The names “Etshiz Kon” and “Namgeon ( 男建 )” surprisingly match perfectly. First of all, as shown by the epitaph of his older brother <Cheon Nam-saeng, 泉男生 墓誌銘 > quoted above, “His surname is Cheon, Hwi ( his nickname) is Nam-saeng, and Ja (courtesy name, his pen name) is Won-deok, and he is from Pyongyang, Liaodong County,” all of his brothers were Goguryeo people. Therefore, his name must also be a Goguryeo name. Second, if we interpret only the first part of his name “Nam-geon ( 男建 )” in Chinese characters, it means “Ah d.l ( 男 )-Ki-yan ( 建 ),” or “son khan.” “ 건 ( 建 )” was pronounced as “ 키안 (ki...