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Text: Yanyan
Edited by Yeon-yeon
Preface
A genetic testing study by a professor at Fudan University shocked the historical community: Genghis Khan, a generation of Tianjiao, is likely to be a descendant of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty!
This research not only challenges our traditional understanding of the lineage of historical figures, but also uncovers a corner of the dust of a thousand years of history.
What kind of mysterious connection does Liu Bang and Genghis Khan, one the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty and the other the founder of the Mongol Empire, have?
What are the untold stories behind the genetic test results? When science meets history, what kind of surprising truths will we see?
Han and Mongolian bloodline test
In the long history, it is not uncommon for Han people to move north to the grassland. In the chaotic years of war, in order to escape the harsh taxes and wars, many Han people left their hometowns with great hardships and drifted to the nomadic tribes in the north, and finally settled in that vast and pristine prairie.
Some of them reclaimed their homes in foreign lands, while others took the initiative to join the local tribes and gradually integrated into the nomadic way of life. Others were forced to become prisoners of war and left the Caucasus by the enemy.
Whether voluntarily or involuntarily, these former Chinese people have re-established their homes in unfamiliar circumstances, married their own children, and integrated their blood into the blood of the local residents.
Historians have long suspected that it was the twists and turns of the fate of these ancestors that allowed their genes to infiltrate the Mongolian steppe, leaving a foreshadowing for the later mystery of Genghis Khan and Liu Bang.
Those Han people who were captured and captured back then probably never imagined that their descendants would rewrite the fate of the Han and Mongolian ethnic groups for thousands of years.
The mystery of the Mongolian aristocracy O-F155
Just when the long river of history is slowly flowing, a mystery that was once tightly sealed has been revealed! For hundreds of years, this mystery has haunted the minds of anthropologists and historians: Genghis Khan and the Mongol aristocracy were inextricably linked to the Han Chinese, an Eastern people.
It all started with a genetic test. German anthropologists obtained the remains of Mongolian nobles of the Qiyan tribe in the Mongolian steppe, and surprisingly, in these bones they detected the O-F155 genotype on the Y chromosome!
For the vast number of Mongols, this genotype has always been rare, but it was common in the Central Plains Dynasty, which was thousands of miles away. For a time, this discovery aroused strong shock and doubt in the academic community, as if opening a small window to the truth.
Almost at the same time, French scientists added another ironclad evidence: the same genotype was found on the bones of Torre, the fourth son of Genghis Khan, unearthed in Iran!
The successive discoveries made this mystery even more confusing, until domestic experts and scholars also joined in the study.
They focused on the family of the Mongolian prince of Korqin, who according to historical records were descendants of Genghis Khan's younger brother. Sure enough, bone samples taken from descendants of the royal family once again confirmed the existence of the O-F155 gene.
Since the Korqin family is the descendant of Genghis Khan's younger brother, it is not difficult to deduce that this gene must also exist in the body of Genghis Khan himself! All this makes people's vision suddenly open, and it seems that they can glimpse a trace of what was once unimaginable.
Could it be that the heroes of the Mongolian steppe really have some kind of mysterious connection with the Chinese civilization thousands of miles away? The discovery of genes has opened up a powerful way to trace the origin of the two races!
Of course, as a scientific study, this evidence alone does not lead to conclusive conclusions. But it at least opens the door to the truth, a chance to rediscover the details of history that may have been forgotten.
The indissoluble bond between the conqueror and the founding emperor
Two people who are 108,000 miles apart but accidentally share a wisp of blood can't help but feel curious and puzzled. One of them is Liu Bang, the founder of the ancient civilization of the East, and the other is Genghis Khan, the iron-blooded assistant who swept across the Eurasian continent.
The arrogance of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, formed the cornerstone of the Han Dynasty. This humble peasant boy was poor in his early years, but he let go of his wild hands and feet in the troubled times, galloped on the battlefield, and finally dominated the world.
As the founding emperor, Liu Bang inherited the Qin system and also carried out drastic reforms, abolishing the hierarchical system that had lasted for thousands of years, so that the lower class also had a chance to rise. At the same time, he greatly promoted Confucianism and revived culture, giving birth to a bright spark for later civilizations.
Not only that, Liu Bang is smart and alert by nature, and has turned danger into disaster several times, and finally created an unprecedented unified situation with his extraordinary wisdom and courage, which can really be said by Zhao Kuo "Heroes are poor and lowly, and they can fight hard when they are in time".
In contrast, Genghis Khan's life was like a burning molten pulp. Born into a nomadic tribe, he grew up seeing the ruthless battlefield of survival.
This hard-nosed man on the iron-blooded battlefield lost his father at a young age, and his family suffered heavy losses, but he gritted his teeth and endured until he became an adult.
Once Genghis Khan laid his foundations, he shot his prey like an arrow from a string, uniting within, then conquering the surrounding tribes, and finally sailing across the oceans to build an unrivaled empire on both continents of Asia and Europe!
His ability to fight is simply admirable, and the sharp weapon in his hand is the terrible cavalry army, cold as iron, and devastating everywhere he goes.
Although Genghis Khan was a tyrant, he was also a heroic member of the tribe, but unfortunately his empire collapsed after his death, and the dynasty did not continue.
In the face of these two figures, we can't imagine that they will have each other's shadows. Liu Bang advocates "rule by inaction" and adheres to the elegant style of Confucian culture; Genghis Khan, on the other hand, marched like a storm, and no city-state was vulnerable to his bow and arrows.
One incarnates a gentle sage, the other can be called a wild and unruly barbarian, the two have so different lives, but they are tied together by an invisible thread, this is simply the greatest contrast and irony!
Reverie in the eyes of later scholars
Although the genetic evidence provides a strong clue, it is still not possible to fully confirm the existence of a direct blood relationship between Genghis Khan and Liu Bang. After all, genetic testing is just a foreshadowing, and more empirical evidence is needed to make a conclusion.
As a result, the voices that have been skeptical have not gone away, and people are still questioning the credibility of this speculation, hoping that a more authoritative explanation will emerge.
There happened to be a great literati of the Song Dynasty who left a unique insight into the life of Genghis Khan in the process of tracing the history of Mongolia. He is Zhao Hui, a heavyweight scholar who has left the "Mengtar Records".
In this magnum opus, Zhao Heng's description of the appearance and customs of the Mongols is meticulous, which indirectly provides new evidence for the mystery of Genghis Khan.
"Most of the people of the Beggars are short, thin, and have high cheekbones and slightly ugly cheekbones, but Genghis Khan is tall, majestic, fair-skinned, and handsome, and I am afraid that there is another blood origin among them." Zhao Heng revealed doubts about Genghis Khan's life experience.
What's more, when describing Genghis Khan's etiquette, Zhao Xie bluntly said that he was deeply influenced by Han etiquette, and his words and deeds were "not very different from those of the Chinese."
As a person who has witnessed the true face of the steppe people, Zhao Hui naturally has deep doubts about this phenomenon, and the details he revealed all confirm the speculation that Genghis Khan did have Han characteristics.
Not only that, Zhao Hui also said that the Mongolian ethnic group at that time could be divided into two branches: "white Tatar" and "black Tatar". Among them, the customs and etiquette of the White Tatars are more aristocratic, and there are some Han styles.
Zhao Hui himself was once impressed by the etiquette of the White Tatars, which shows that there is probably another infiltration of Han blood in the White Tatar people.
As an influential vein of traditional Chinese culture, the customs of the Han people also have their own unique charm in the eyes of foreign people, which can be seen from Zhao Heng's opinion. In his writings, the penetration of Han culture is often unexpected.
After thousands of years of vicissitudes, the intersection of the Han and Mongolian ethnic groups has gradually drifted apart, but they have never severed their ties with each other. Countless details forgotten by the history books silently confirm the entanglement of the fate of the two races.
There are many cases in history where foreign rulers have married Han wives and concubines, and there are many cases of Han Chinese being taken captive and captured and mixed with nomadic tribes.
These all add a touch of color to the mystery of the Han and Mongolian origins in later generations, and also interpret the indissoluble bond between Genghis Khan and Liu Bang from the side.
epilogue
In the process of human development, the mutual influence, integration and even infiltration of different ethnic groups have long been commonplace. Genghis Khan and Liu Bang may be just the tip of the iceberg.
In this highly civilized but unsolved era, each of us may have the experiences of our ancestors.
I look forward to the day when this fog can be completely lifted, and let us re-examine the various aspects of human development.