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imported>Sol Pacificus Although it might not be immediately understood by everyone, chanyu is an established term. We didn't format jarl this way. (It is used in Disney's Mulan as the "name" of the antagonist, albeit spelled Shanyu). / The Xiongnu were not a single tribe. It was a confederation of tribes. |
imported>Sol Pacificus If this article is going to have mostly preliminary info from Wikipedia anyways, it is best to use the primary source about him. |
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'''Touman''' (頭曼; died 209 BCE) was a ''{{Wiki|chanyu}}'' of the [[Xiongnu]] in the time of the [[Qin dynasty]] and the father of [[Modu]].<ref name="ACJ">''[[Assassin's Creed: Codename Jade]]''</ref> | |||
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He was driven to the far north by the Qin general [[Meng Tian]] in around 220 BCE, but he was able to experience a little resurgence upon Meng Tian's death ten years later. Because he did not favour [[Modu]], he sent him away as a hostage to the {{wiki|Yuezhi}} and then invaded the Yuezhi in the hopes of having Modu killed. However, Modu escaped, an act of daring that earned Touman's recognition, and he was awarded with the command of 10,000 [[horseman|horsemen]]. It was with these very horsemen that Modu later usurped his father for leadership of the Xiongu. Having trained his warriors to shoot in sync at any target he signalled with his whistling arrow without hesitation, he had Touman [[assassination|assassinated]] by a hail of arrows while they were out on a hunting trip.<ref name="Sima Qian">Sima Qian. (94 BCE) "Biographies of the Xiongnu". In ''Records of the Grand Historian''. Accessed 4 August 2023. https://ctext.org/shiji/xiong-nu-lie-zhuan.</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 17:53, 4 August 2023
Touman (頭曼; died 209 BCE) was a chanyu of the Xiongnu in the time of the Qin dynasty and the father of Modu.[1]
He was driven to the far north by the Qin general Meng Tian in around 220 BCE, but he was able to experience a little resurgence upon Meng Tian's death ten years later. Because he did not favour Modu, he sent him away as a hostage to the Yuezhi and then invaded the Yuezhi in the hopes of having Modu killed. However, Modu escaped, an act of daring that earned Touman's recognition, and he was awarded with the command of 10,000 horsemen. It was with these very horsemen that Modu later usurped his father for leadership of the Xiongu. Having trained his warriors to shoot in sync at any target he signalled with his whistling arrow without hesitation, he had Touman assassinated by a hail of arrows while they were out on a hunting trip.[2]
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- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Codename Jade
- ↑ Sima Qian. (94 BCE) "Biographies of the Xiongnu". In Records of the Grand Historian. Accessed 4 August 2023. https://ctext.org/shiji/xiong-nu-lie-zhuan.
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