著者

森川 哲雄

出版者

九州大学大学院比較社会文化学府

雑誌

比較社会文化 (ISSN:13411659)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.14, pp.65-81, 2008

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In this paper, it is argued a problem how was memorized the name of the Dai Yuan ulus(The Great Yuan dynasty)and its activity by Mongolians of later ages. The Yuan dynasty was founded by Khubilai khan and so it was also called the Khubilai dynasty. However rule of Mongolia by descendants of Khubilai stopped once in the end of the 14th century. It is known that descendants of Arigbukha and Ogedei ruled over Mongolia for a while afterwards. Nevertheless the Mongolians of those days had the recognition that the Yuan dynasty still continued. Dayan khan who succeeded the khan throne at the end of the 15th century called himself the Great khah of the Ta Yuan(the Great Yuan)for the Ming government. But there is no description on the foundation of the Yuan dynasty by Khubilai in the Mongol chronicles edited in the 17th century.One of the editors of chronicle interprets a meaning of Dayan of Dayan khan as "whole" not "the Great Yuan". This means that memory of the Yuan dynasty faded among the Mongolian intellectuals of the 17th century. However editors of chronicle described in the 18th century write down clearly that the founder of the Yuan dynasty is Khubilai and Dayan means the Great Yuan dynasty. The reason of why they became to understand Chinese and edited chronicles using Chinese materials, especially the Histoly of the Yuan dynasty.