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March 8, 2014 |
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It was written in both Manchu language|Manchu and Classical Chinese|Chinese. The title is:
The English title Narrative of the Chinese Embassy to the Khan of the Tourgouth Tartars, in the years 1712, 13, 14, and 15, by the Chinese Ambassador, and published by the Emperor's Authority, at Peking. is of Sir Staunton's translation in 1821. Although the Chinese version is more popular, the Manchu version offers higher quality information. In 1712 Kangxi Emperor of China|Kangxi Emperor sent Tulišen and other emissaries to Kalmykia to convey the imperial edict to Ayuki Khan of the Torghuud. They left Beijing, crossed Mongolia and then entered Russia. In order to avoid J??n Ghar, they travelled through the Russia Empire to Saratov and entered into Ayuki's Torghuud state (Turgūt gurun in Manchu). Having accomplished the mission, they returned to Beijing in 1715. Tulišen reported to the Emperor in both Manchu and Chinese. With the Emperor's permission, he published the book by editing these reports and private notes. The formal purpose of this mission was to negotiate over the return of Ayuki's nephew Arabjur to Kalmykia. As a Buddhist, he made a pilgrimage to Tibet but was unable to return to Kalmykia because of J??n Ghar's obstruction. Another purpose was to reconnoiter expanding Russia. In fact, the book is mostly devoted to the description of Russia. Some Russians suspected that they the emissaries secretly encouraged the Torghuud to return to their homeland as Ayuki's great-grandson Ubasi did later. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Narrative of the Chinese Embassy to the Khan of the Tourgouth Tartars, in the years 1712, 13, 14, and 15".
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