Why is the sixth ancestor of Nurhachi the Mongolian Mengge Timur?

Menggor Timur is a Mongolian name at first glance. He was the founder of the Qing Dynasty and was revered as the original emperor by Emperor Shunzhi of the Qing Dynasty. However, Mengge Timur has nothing to do with Mongolia. His real name is Aixinjueluo Mengtemu.

Speaking of Mengge Timur, we have to mention the Jianzhou Jurchens. Mengge Timur belongs to the Aoduoli tribe among the three Jurchens in Jianzhou.

Jianzhou Jurchen is one of the three major Jurchen tribes. In the Liao and Jin Dynasties, it was one of the five vassal tribes of the Wanyan tribe of the Jin Dynasty. In the Yuan Dynasty, it was under the jurisdiction of Liaoyang Province. In the early Ming Dynasty, the Jurchen tribe The Jurchen tribe is divided into three major groups: Jianzhou Jurchen, Haixi Jurchen and Donghai Jurchen. Jianzhou Jurchen were mainly divided into Suifenhe, Mudanjiang and Changbai Mountain areas at first. During the Jiajing period, they gradually moved to the southeast of Liaoning. Three major military administrative agencies, Jianzhou Guard, Jianzhou Left Guard and Jianzhou Right Guard, were set up in the region, and leaders of each ministry were appointed to control their respective subordinates.

The Jurchens in Jianzhou belong to the Jurchens, and the Jurchens, tracing their origins, are inseparable from the Jin Dynasty. After the demise of the Jin Dynasty, the Jurchens who had lived in the northeast came under the jurisdiction of Liaoyang Province. In order to stabilize the Yuan Dynasty, The situation of the Jurchen tribes in the middle and lower reaches of the Songhua River was improved by appointing the upper-class nobles of the Jurchen tribes to douman positions. Meng brother Timur was from the Jurchen Oduoli tribe in Jianzhou, and his father was called Huihoumuye. Wuju, "Huihou" refers to the "Douman" position set up for the upper-class nobles of men and women in the Yuan Dynasty.

In view of the subordinate relationship between the Jurchen tribes and the Yuan Dynasty, Aixinjueluo Mengtemu was given the Mongolian name Mengge Timur since his birth. He was born in the third year of Hongwu (1370). ), at that time the Northeast was still in the hands of Naha Chu, the Prime Minister of Liaoyang Province in Yuan Dynasty. In the 20th year of Hongwu (1388), Na Ha Chu was defeated in the Battle of Jinshan and was forced to surrender with 200,000 subjects. In the first year of Yongle (1403), the Ming Dynasty established Jianzhou Guards in the territory of Huli Gai. The leader of Huli Gai, Ahachu, was appointed as the Jurchen commander of Jianzhou. Ahachu also had a Mongolian name, and his real name was His name is Li Chengshan. The Odori tribe established the Jianzhou Left Guard, and Mengge Timur was appointed as the commander, and was given the Han surname Tong. From then on, Mengtemu abandoned his Mongolian name and adopted the Chinese surname.

In the history of the development of the Jianzhou Jurchens, Meng Temu was an important figure who played a role in linking the past and the future. His most important contribution in his life was to organize the southward migration of the Jianzhou Jurchens' Oduoli tribe. This great migration played a vital role in the subsequent development of the Jurchens in Jianzhou. As a result, Mengtemu's descendants gradually became prosperous, and it was passed down to the sixth generation of Nurhachi. The Qing Dynasty laid the foundation. Therefore, Meng Temu is also considered to be the founder of the Qing Dynasty and is revered as the "original emperor of the Qing Dynasty".

It can be seen that the statement that Timur is a Mongolian is completely nonsense, and the Jurchens have nothing to do with the Mongols. On the contrary, the Jin Dynasty has the deepest connection with the Jurchens. Wanyan tribe, Aixinjueluo. Mengtemu took the Mongolian name Mengge Timur entirely because the Jurchen tribes at that time were under the rule of the Yuan Dynasty and were forced to use Mongolian names. After the Ming Dynasty realized its rule over the Northeast, Mengtemu The Mongolian name was abandoned directly.