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The Dunhong () mountain, according to the ''Shanhaijing'', is a mountain of the Tian Shan range. This mountain has been proposed to be the homeland of the Yuezhi. According to archaeologist Lin Meicun (林梅村), this is the Dunhuang () mentioned in the ''Shiji'' by Sima Qian, which states that: :"The Yuezhi originally lived in the area between the ''Qilian Shan'' and ''Dunhuang'', but after they were defeated by the Xiongnu they moved far away to the west, beyond Dayuan, where they attacked and conquered the people of Daxia",〔Watson, Burton. Trans. 1993. ''Records of the Grand Historian of China: Han Dynasty II.'' Translated from the ''Shiji'' of Sima Qian. Chapter 123: "The Account of Dayuan," Columbia University Press. Revised Edition. ISBN 0-231-08166-9; ISBN 0-231-08167-7 (pbk.), p. 234.〕 Lin Meicun argued that the present Dunhuang (), a Gansu oasis town, was founded around 111 BC, that is, later than the report of Zhang Qian on the Yuezhi (126 BC), therefore the Dunhuan of the ''Shiji'' cannot refer to city currently bearing that name, but rather to an oasis near Turpan. He further suggested that ''Dunhuan'' is the Chinese spelling of ''Tuharan'' (Tocharian), and that there may be a Tocharian etymology for ''Qilian'', which according to a Tang Dynasty commentator of the ''Shiji'' is a Xiongnu word for "sky". Victor Mair had first noticed that the Tocharian word transcribed like the ancient Chinese ''qilian'' should be equivalent to the Latin ''caelum'', meaning "sky, heaven". ==References== *K. Enoki, G.A. Koshelenko and Z. Haidary, "The Yueh-chih and their migrations" in "History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Volume II - The development of sedentary and nomadic civilizations: 700 B.C. to A.D. 250" eds. Janos Harmatta, B.N. Puri, and G.F. Etemadi, UNESCO Publishing, p. 171f. *Lin Meicun, "The Western Region of the Han-Tang Dynasties and the Chinese Civilization", pp. 64–67, *Liu, Xinru, “Migration and Settlement of the Yuezhi-Kushan: Interaction and Interdependence of Nomadic and Sedentary Societies,” Journal of World History 12, no. 2, p. 268 () *Barber, "The Mummies of Urumchi", pp. 122 – 123, p. 220, *Victor Mair, "Reflections on the Origins of the Modern Standard Name 'Dunhuang,'" in Li Zheng et al., eds., Ji Xianlin Jiaoshou Huadan Jinian Wenji (Essays for the eightieth birthday of Professor Ji Xianlin), vol. 2, p. 933. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dunhong」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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