That we may take it the word Sali or Sari
was a not uncommon Turkish word. Palladius' identification, of K'i-lien
with 'Kerulen' I am afraid cannot be entertained. The former word
frequently occurs in the second century B.C., and is stated to be a second
Hiung-nu (Turkish) word for 'sky' or 'heaven.' At or about that date the
Kerulen was known to the Chinese as the Lu-kue River, and the geographies
of the present dynasty clearly identify it as such. The T'ien-Shan are
sometimes called the K'i-lien Shan, and the word K'i-lien is otherwise
well established along the line of the Great Wall." (E.H. PARKER, Asiatic
Quart. Rev., Jan., 1904, pp. 136-7.)
Prof. Pelliot informs me that in No. 3 (Sept., 1918) of Vol. III of
Chinese Social and Political Science Review these is an article on the
Discovery of and Investigation concerning the Tomb of Gengis Khan. I
have not seen it.
LI., p. 249.
TAILGAN.
"The tailgan, or autumn meeting of the Mongols, is probably the
tai-lin, or autumn meeting, of the ancient Hiung-nu described on p. 10,
Vol. XX. of the China Review. The Kao-ch'e (= High Carts, Toeloes, or
early Ouigours) and the early Cathayans (Sien-pi) had very similar customs.
Heikel gives an account of analogous 'Olympic games' witnessed at Urga in
the year 1890." (E.H. PARKER, Asiatic Quart. Rev., Jan., 1904, pp.
140-1.)
LI., p. 251. Read T'ung hwo period (A.D. 992) instead of (A.D. 692).
LII., pp. 252, 254, n. 3. "[The Tartars] live on the milk and meat which
their herds supply, and on the produce of the chase; and they eat all
kinds of flesh, including that of horses and dogs, and Pharaoh's rats, of
which last there are great numbers in burrows on those plains."
Pharaoh's rat was the mangouste or ichneumon (Herpestes ichneumon)
formerly found in this part of Asia as well as in Egypt where it was
venerated. Cf. Cathay, II., p. 116.
LII., p. 254. Instead of "his tent invariably facing south," read
"facing east" according to the Chou Shu. (PELLIOT.)
LII., p. 256 n.
MARRIAGE.
The China Review, Vol. XX. "gives numerous instances of marrying
mothers-in-law and sisters-in-law amongst the Hiung nu. The practice was
common with all Tartars, as, indeed, is stated by Yule." (E.H. PARKER,
Asiatic Quart. Rev., Jan., 1904, p. 141.)
LII., p. 257 n.
TENGRI (HEAVEN).
"The Mongol word Tengri (= Heaven) appears also in Hiung-nu times; in
fact, the word shen yue is stated to have been used by the Hiung-nu
alternatively with Tengri kudu (Son of Heaven)." (E.H. PARKER, Asiatic
Quart. Rev., Jan., 1904, p. 141.)
LIV., p. 263 n.
