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Are Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan China or Mongols in the eyes of western historians?
In the eyes of western scholars, there is a strange phenomenon that they find it difficult to understand, that is, European countries are increasingly divided and China is increasingly unified. In fact, in our opinion, there is nothing difficult to understand. The most fundamental reason is the difference between Chinese and western cultural concepts.

After Qin Shihuang unified China, he implemented the county system and strengthened centralization; He also established the concept of "truth" and proved the legitimacy of taking over the former dynasty with the theory of five elements. Since then, all the monarchs in China have made it their duty to unify the world. Other ethnic groups and tribes living in this land, after accepting China's concept, also shouldered the heavy responsibility of unifying China. Therefore, under the influence of this spell, the territory of China will naturally become larger and larger, and China will become more and more unified.

However, Europe is just the opposite of China. European rulers usually adopt polis system, kingdom system and fief system, and they pay attention to relatively loose alliances and their independence. Therefore, in Europe, the division of political power is very common, and even the original unified kingdom will be deliberately divided into several parts and distributed to several descendants, such as the famous Frankish kingdom.

Based on their cultural concept standards, western scholars have completely separated the tribal regimes in China, such as Xiongnu, Rouran, Xianbei, Turkic and Mongolian, from China. In their minds, these tribes are independent countries. Therefore, in the eyes of western scholars, Genghis Khan is rarely called China, but more called Mongolian, including his successors, such as Wokuotai and Mongo. Kublai Khan is a special case, and western scholars will not object to saying that Kublai Khan came from China.

Among them, the more representative figure is the French historian Rene? Grouse He has a high level of research on the history of Central Asia and the Far East, and has written more than ten historical works, such as History of Asia, History of China, History of Mongolian Empire and Grassland Empire.

In his works, he believed that the Mongolian Empire began in 1206, and Genghis Khan established the Mongolian Empire. Ended at 1260. This year, Kublai Khan and Alibaba Brother competed for the Khan position of the Mongolian Empire, and the khanates actually split independently.

According to the western historical view, each khanate has become an independent kingdom at this time, and it is time to write its own history separately. By this standard, yuan dynasty history naturally belongs to the history of China.

According to this standard, Kublai Khan was right to say that he was a Mongolian or a China, because he spanned the history of the Mongolian Empire and the Yuan Dynasty (China). If western scholars dare to importune on this matter, they can question him. George? Is Washington American or British? ? It is estimated that they will break the time limit and suddenly find out about Kublai Khan and George? Washington is similar.

What's more, when Kublai Khan established the Yuan Dynasty, he followed the rules set by Qin Shihuang. In the imperial edict, he said that Jian Yuan indicates the age, showing the legend from generation to generation; King Jishi Shu, look at the meaning of family in the world. At the beginning of Spring and Autumn Annals, what was the word "Yi"? Said to undertake the Han system, he has admitted that Dayuan belongs to China, said Kublai Khan was from China, no problem.

According to China's standards, Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan are both Mongolians and China people.

No matter from archaeological discoveries or historical records, the Mongolian region is the inherent territory of China.

Look at the map and you will know that when Mongolia rose, China was in a period of great division, and Mongolia unified China and established the Yuan Dynasty according to the ancestral system of China.

According to archaeological findings, the ancestors of Taosi site in Yao and Shun period, after leaving Taosi, have moved to live in Mongolia and found related relics in Mongolia.

According to the historical records of China, Mongolia was once occupied by Xiongnu, Xianbei, Rouran, Qidan (Liao), Nuzhen (Jin), Mongolia and other tribes. These tribes are all indigenous tribes in China, and the land they live in naturally belongs to China. What's more, Liao, Jin, Yuan and Qing dynasties all recorded that they inherited the China regime of Han Dynasty and ruled the Mongolian region during their existence, which further shows that this region is the inherent territory of China.

As for modern Mongolia, after thinking for a long time, I finally understood the problem and untied the knot of history. We should not confine ourselves to the present, but look back and look forward to the future from the 5,000-year history of Chinese civilization, and we will find that Mongolia is only a separatist regime in the current historical period of Greater China, and it is only a matter of time before it inevitably returns to the embrace of Greater China. What's more, land is the old territory of China, which is also a historical fact, including historical materials written by western scholars, which are fully proved.

Westerners can't demand orientals by western standards, just as orientals can't demand westerners by eastern standards, and everyone is equal. What's more, the West cries every day that it can't interfere in other countries' internal affairs, which is also China's internal affairs, and China has the final say.