Mu Tianzi Zhuan - Sino-Platonic Papers

YU Taishan, “The Communication Lines between East and West as Seen in the Mu Tianzi Zhuan”
Sino-Platonic Papers, 197 (January, 2010)
3.4 “On the day jihai, the Son of Heaven returned eastward…. On the day gengzi, he
reached Mount … and stopped.” “Mount …” may be a mountain at the western end of the Altai
Mountains.
3.5 “庚辰,天子東征。癸未,至于戊□之山。智氏之所處。……天子北遊于穿子之
澤。智氏之夫獻酒百□于天子”。“戊□之山”,庫克辛山。“穿子之澤”,布倫托海。“智氏
之夫”,一般認爲當作“智氏之人”。
3.5 “On the day gengchen, the Son of Heaven proceeded eastward, and on the day guiwei,
he arrived at Mount Wu…, where the men of the Zhi made their home. …The Son of Heaven
made a trip to the Yizi Lake (the Yellow Weasel Lake), on the north, where the men of the Zhi
presented one hundred measures of wine.” Mount Wu… may be the present Mount Kukŝin. The
Yizi Lake may be the present Burultoqay Lake. It is suggested that “智氏之夫” should be noted
as “智氏之人.”
3.6 “乙酉,天子南征,東還。己丑,至于獻水,乃遂東征,飲而行。乃遂東南”。獻
水,烏倫古河。
3.6 “On the day yiyou, the Son of Heaven proceeded on southward and took his way back
to the east. On the day jichou, he reached the Xian River and then proceeded on eastward after
taking a drink. The company then proceeded on to the southeast.” The Xian River must have
been the present Ulun’gu River.
3.7 “己亥,至于瓜纑之山,三周若城。閼氏胡氏之所保”。“瓜纑之山”,胡圖斯山。
“閼氏胡氏”,當作“閼胡氏”,時在胡圖斯山之南。
3.7 “On the day jihai, [the Son of Heaven] arrived at Mount Gualu. The mountain rose on
three sides like a town wall and within it were settled the Ehu [tribe].” Mount Gualu is the same
as the present Mount Qutus Taǧ. “閼氏胡氏” should be noted as “閼胡氏” (the Ehu tribe),
which was situated to the south of Mount Qutus Taǧ.
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