몽골족 기원에 대한 한 가지 가설

A hypothesis on the origin of Mongol tribe

It is commonly belief that the origin of Mongolia was associated with ‘Xiongnu’ in the studies on the origin of Mongolia. This origin stemmed from Sa Ma-Chion’s <Shiji> and <Xiongnu liezhuan>, which refer to the northern area of Earlier Han by ‘Xiongu’ in the vague manner, and these say that xiongu became extinct and scattered and became Mongolia tribe. But this commonly held view has some problems. Above all, there are many tribes in Mongolia. They have many different religions and different customs and manners internally. Then, it cannot be seen that they originated from the same ethnicity. In this respect, I would like to reveal the “pure” origin of Mongol tribe in this paper. According to this study, the origin of Mongol tribe was formed as a political association around the 12th century A.D. This political empowerment was done by Jingiz Kahn and was well-known by him. Of course, before this political empowerment, people already lived there as they maintained some groups. In that period, however, no groups could become a strong group and be a threatening power anywhere because of the characteristic of Mongolia. It was not until the period of Jingiz Khan that they were known as political association. It can be seen that the origin of Mongolia is highly related with Khitan tribe, in particular, in that they had similar customs and manner and clothes and they performed ancestor rites in common. And it is surprising that Xiongnu worshipped Jumong who was the first king of Goguryeo, almost the divine existence of Goguryeo history as everyone knows. Obviously, there are some historical reasons why Mongolia tribe worshipped Jumong. Among them, I propose a hypothesis that the descendants of Goguryeo migrated into somewhere after Goguryeo collapsed. This hypothesis could also be supported by a lot of evidences put forward by recent studies. These studies show that it is likely that the origin of Buryatia was not Siberia, but the east part of Great Khingan. This view suggests a lot to us. In this regard, I confirmed that the record which shows that the origin of Khori-Buryatia might be in the whole region of Fu Xin, Liaoning Province in China. This could help to deal with the problem of the origin of Mongol tribe which has not been solved in the meantime. Overall, it could be assumed that the origin of Mongol tribe probably formed as Khitan people moved from the northwest of Manchuria to the north part.