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Chinanews, Xi'an, Aug 11 – A trilogy was recently published to commemorate1 the 360th anniversary of the death of Genghis Khan, the founder2 of Mongolian Empire. The publication has aroused widespread concern in the literary and historical circles, the West China City Daily reported.
The trilogy novel, the Mongolian Empire, was written by Bao Liying, the 36th granddaughter of Genghis Khan. It took Bao 20 years to finish the trilogy. Before the publication, the novel had been revised six times. The novel gives an elaborate account of stories happening to the three main figures in the Mongolian leader's family, Genghis Khan, Badu, and Kublai Khan. As the descendant of Genghis Khan, Bao said among the three figures, Genghis Khan was mostly distorted and misunderstood by the later generations. “For example, in many books, Genghis Khan's attempt to conquer the world is attributed to his wish to conquer women. Some scholars say he killed his own son for fear that his son might topple him. Others say he is a merciless killer3. As far as I know, all these views are wrong. He once launched an attack against the Jin Empire. However, he did not start the war in the first place. Rather, he passively fought against the cruelty of the Jin ruling class. At that time, soldiers from the Jin Empire invaded the Mongolian Empire once every three years. They tried to destroy the Mongolian Empire by killing4 the fully-grown men and taking away children and women. One of Genghis Khan’s grandfathers was tortured to death by Jin soldiers' cruel punishments. To Genghis Khan, Jin soldiers’ acts triggered both national calamity5 and family hatred6. So, when his empire grew stronger, it was quite natural for him to fight back. The war made his dream come true,” Bao, a talented woman who once studied chemistry at Peking University, told this reporter. There are numerous books about Genghis Khan and Kubliai Khan. However, as to Badu, only a Russian writer once wrote a book about him. This time, Bao gives more detailed7 accounts about Badu in one part of the trilogy. As Wang Qilong, a professor on the study of the history of the Mongolian Empire and the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), said, among the three parts, the second part of the trilogy (the part about Badu) is “most significant.” Badu was Genghis Khan’s grandson. Once, he led his troops to fight their way to the riverside of the Danube, which greatly expanded the territory of the Mongolian Empire. He became the army general when he was only 36 years old. He and his descendants once ruled Europe for nearly 300 years.
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