Many people know that in Western society, there has always been a "yellow peril theory", the so-called yellow, refers to the yellow race, that is, the Mongolian race.
In fact, the original origin of the Yellow Peril theory is related to the Mongol nation. After Genghis Khan unified the desert, the Mongols developed rapidly and launched a frenzied conquest and slaughter of the surrounding area. After his death, his descendants marched westward and fought all the way to the Danube Valley, the hinterland of Western Europe.
The Mongol expedition to the west gave Europeans a glimpse of the power of the East, and thus derived the "Yellow Peril Theory". Today, the once powerful Mongolia has long ceased, but the "Yellow Peril" theory has never been eliminated, and it has even been transferred to the heads of the Japanese and even Chinese. To say that the Japanese carry this pot is really a bit unjust, but it is a little reasonable to let Chinese carry it. Because in a sense, Genghis Khan was also a "Chinese" .
Yes Chinese is Chinese, why put "quotation marks" on it? The reason is that although the vast majority of today's Mongols are distributed in China and are pure Chinese, a considerable number of them have established their own political power, that is, Mongolia. Because of this, the "nationality" attribution of Genghis Khan, a famous historical figure, has become a complex and thorny issue.
In terms of birthplace alone, Genghis Khan's nationality is a mystery
In fact, the ancients did not have the so-called nationality, after all, in ancient times there was no such strict customs as now, and it was very easy for a person to move abroad. But Chinese has always attached importance to origin, if he is born in China and has Chinese ancestry at the same time, he will most likely be considered to be Chinese. Genghis Khan's bloodline is undoubtedly Mongol, and most of the Mongols are Chinese, so it can be said that he has Chinese ancestry.
But does his birthplace belong to China? This is really difficult to say, because judging from the current territorial division, the Hunan River Valley where he was born does not belong to China, part of russia, and part of Mongolia. But in the era of Genghimin Khan's birth, the place was under the jurisdiction of the Jin Dynasty, which was a Dynasty in China.
Therefore, in today's terms, Genghis Khan is most likely a "Mongolian national", and it may also be a "Russian nationality", but in terms of the era of his birth, it is also a "Chinese nationality".
In terms of the legal system of the Yuan Dynasty, Genghis Khan is undoubtedly a "Chinese"
If you want to find out which country Genghis Khan really is, in addition to looking at the place of birth and blood, you can also look at the legal system of the Yuan Dynasty. It should be known that Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, was the grandson of Genghis Khan, and this blood connection is indisputable. What's more, the Yuan Dynasty also posthumously named Genghis Khan "Yuan Taizu" in accordance with the customs of the Chinese dynasties, and since they have all been given the temple name of China, it is enough to show that at least in the Yuan Dynasty, Genghis Khan's descendants regarded him as a Chinese.
For certain reasons, it is not appropriate to hype Genghis Khan as a Chinese
From the above, we can see that Genghis Khan can be regarded as a Chinese, both from the perspective of origin and ancestry, as well as from the perspective of history.
But on the other hand, after all, the Mongols have a dominant political power in the world, and the Mongol army led by Genghis Khan has slaughtered the Han people in the Central Plains, and even in the entire Yuan Dynasty, the Han people are the most inferior existence. Therefore, in order to take care of the feelings of the Mongolian people and the Han nationality, the main ethnic group in China, it is still not appropriate to publicize Genghis Khan's "Chinese" attribute.
In fact, nationality is really not so important to historical figures. No matter which country they belong to, their historical contribution, or the disaster they once brewed, is indelible. Therefore, on the issue of Genghis Khan's nationality, posterity must still be too true.
Resources:
"History of the Yuan" and so on