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9 unusual facts about Yuan dynasty


Arughtai

In 1409 Alutai (Arughtai) set up the heir, Öljei Temür Khan Bunyashiri, of the Yuan Dynasty at Beshbalik, and ignored the Chinese demands for satisfaction regarding the murder of an envoy in the previous year.

Noyan

They were sometimes called emir or bey in the Ulus of Jochi, the Ilkhanate and the Chagatai Khanate while the Yuan records gave the equivalent as guanren since their main task was waging warfare.

She Saihua

While this seems possible considering She Deyi and Yang Ye's age and geography, not all historians are convinced of the claim, especially since the fictitious character with the homonym surname She (佘) had already appeared back in the Yuan Dynasty and was widely known by Qing Dynasty.

Ulchsky District

A number of interesting Yuan and Ming Dynasty archaeological monuments have been found on the Tyr Cliff near the village of Tyr in this district.

Wuchuan County, Inner Mongolia

Archeological sites have also been found from the Yuan, Liao and Jin states.

Yenisei Kirghiz

Kublai Khan, who founded the Yuan Dynasty, also sent Mongolian and Chinese officials (along with colonists) to serve as judges in the Kyrgyz and Tuva regions.

Yuan Dynasty

Toward the end, corruption and the persecution became so severe that Muslim Generals joined Han Chinese in rebelling against the Mongols.

The bureaucracy system created by Kublai Khan reflected various cultures in the empire, including that of the Han Chinese, Khitans, Jurchens, Mongols and Tibetan Buddhists.

Zhu Biao

While his father completed his rebellion against the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Biao was generally kept away from the front lines and provided with the most esteemed Confucian scholars of his time as tutors.


Battle of Ngasaunggyan

The Battle of Ngasaunggyan was fought in 1277 between Kublai Khan's Yuan Dynasty of Mongol Empire, and their neighbors to the south, the Pagan Empire (in present-day Burma) led by Narathihapate.

Four Masters of the Yuan Dynasty

The Four Masters of the Yuan Dynasty is a name used to collectively describe the four Chinese painters Huang Gongwang, Wu Zhen, Ni Zan, and Wang Meng, who were active during the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368).

Gibbon

Later on, gibbons became a popular object for Chinese painters, especially during the Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty, when Yì Yuánjí and Mùqī Fǎcháng excelled in painting these apes.

History of Song

It was commissioned in 1343 and compiled under the direction of First Minister Toktoghan and Prime Minister Alutu (阿鲁图/阿魯圖) during the Yuan Dynasty (1279–1368) at the same time as the History of Liao and the History of Jin.

Kagyu

As ruler Changchub Gyaltsen was keen to revive the glories of the Tibetan Empire of Songtsen Gampo and assert Tibetan independence from the Mongol Yuan Dynasty and from Ming Dynasty China.

Ming Dynasty painting

Before he went to Ming China, he studied Song and Yuan styles of painting (Chinese/Japanese: 宋元山水畫派) in Japan, and wanted to seek for the very origin of the Chinese painting and the real spirit inside of the Chinese art.

Myinsaing Kingdom

In December 1297, the brothers formalized their rule of central Burma by forcing the nominal king of Pagan Kyawswa, who had become a Mongol vassal, to abdicate the throne, and ruled as co-regents from their respective palaces in Myinsaing, Mekkara and Pinle.

Pingyao Zhuan

Legends of Wang Ze and his revolt, a historical event, were popular since the Yuan Dynasty and commonly embellished with elements from Chinese mythology.

Roman Catholicism in Mongolia

John of Montecorvino was a key missionary to Mongol-controlled China during the Yuan Dynasty, translating the New Testament and the Psalms into the Mongol tongue, founding the first Roman Catholic mission in Beijing and becoming its first bishop.

Tai Situ Changchub Gyaltsen

As ruler Changchub Gyaltsen was keen to revive the glories of the Tibetan Empire of Songtsen Gampo and assert Tibetan independence from the Mongol Yuan Dynasty and from Ming Dynasty China.

Tyr, Russia

Tyr's main claim to fame is that its location had been visited by both Yuan and Ming Dynasty expeditions, which sailed down the Sungari and Amur Rivers to establish a foothold in this region.

Wolong Gang

Nowadays, Wolong Gang has historic buildings built during the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty.

Xanadu Houses

Masters's business partner Tom Gussel chose the name "Xanadu" for the homes, a reference to Xanadu, the summer capital of Yuan, which is prominently featured in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's famous poem Kubla Khan.

Yamato-e

From the Muromachi period (15th century), the term Yamato-e has been used to distinguish work from contemporary Chinese style paintings (Kara-e), which were inspired by Chinese Song and Yuan era ink wash paintings.


see also

Dadu

Dadu, also known as Khanbaliq, capital city of the Yuan Dynasty, located in modern Beijing, People's Republic of China

Four Masters

Four Masters of the Yuan Dynasty, four famous painters during the Yuan Dynasty era in China

Gegeen Khan, Emperor Yingzong of Yuan

When Shidebala stayed at Nanpo on his way from the summer palace Shangdu to the capital Dadu of the Yuan Dynasty, Shidibala and Bayiju were assassinated by Tegshi, who attacked Shidibala's Ordo with Asud guards and other soldiers under him.

Invisible Cities

The Travels of Marco Polo, Polo's travel diary depicting his purported journey across Asia and in Yuan Dynasty (Mongol Empire) China, written in the 13th century, shares with Invisible Cities the brief, often fantastic accounts of the cities Polo claimed to have visited, accompanied by descriptions of the city's inhabitants, notable imports and exports, and whatever interesting tales Polo had heard about the region.

Shijie

Zhu Shijie (朱世傑), Chinese mathematician who lived during the Yuan Dynasty

Wanli

Fang Hui, Song/Yuan dynasty historian, also called Wanli (萬里)

Wenzong

Jayaatu Khan, Emperor Wenzong of Yuan (1304-1332), who reigned over the Yuan Dynasty between 1328 and 1329 and again between 1329 and 1332

Wuzong

Külüg Khan, Emperor Wuzong of Yuan (1281-1311), who reigned over the Yuan Dynasty between 1307 and 1311

Xandu

Shangdu (上都), also known as Xandu or Xanadu, the summer capital of the Yuan Dynasty founded by Kublai Khan

Yuanshi

History of Yuan, official Chinese historical work for the Yuan Dynasty