Welcome to Assassin's Creed Wiki! Log in and join the community.
Modu
| Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination | You cannot know anything. Only suspect. This article contains content from pre-release sources that may or may not be reflective of canon upon release. This article therefore likely contains spoilers. |
Modu (冒頓; c. 234 BCE – 174 BCE) was the chanyu of the Xiongnu who was chiefly responsible for their rise to power as a nomadic empire on the steppes north of China.[1] Years prior to his ascension, he was sent to the Qin as a political hostage amidst the Xiongnu incursions into China.[2] He succeeded his father Touman after having him assassinated on a hunting trip.[3]
Behind the scenes
Modu is a historical character in Assassin's Creed: Codename Jade.
Historically, Modu was sent to the Yuezhi as a hostage instead of the Qin dynasty.
Etymology
- 冒頓 read as Modun 墨頓 (Medieval Chinese: *mək-tuənH; following to Sima Zhen's commentary on Shiji) and Modu 墨毒 (Medieval Chinese: *mək-duok; following Song Qi's commentary on Hanshu)
- Based on the above evidence，some scholars assume the different orgins of the name, Friedrich Hirth think the name from Turki and Mongolian word Bagatur (Brave), Shiratori Kurakichi (白鳥 庫吉) think it from Mongolian word Bagdo (Divine). Luo Xin(罗新) advocates that this word is a appellation for the title of Chanyu rather than a personal name.[4]
Appearances
References
- ↑ Lewis, Mark Edward. (2007). "The Outer World". In The Early Empires: Qin and Han. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, pp. 128–154.
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Codename Jade
- ↑ Sima Qian. (94 BCE). "Biographies of the Xiongnu". In Records of the Grand Historian. Chinese Text Project. Accessed 4 August 2023. https://ctext.org/shiji/xiong-nu-lie-zhuan.
- ↑ Luo Xin, A Study on the Xiongnu Chanyu title, ed.Luo Xin, Inner Asian Origin: A study on title and name of Medieval northern people,(Social Sciences Academic Press 2022), 31-2 [罗新：《匈奴单于号研究》，《内亚渊源：中古北族名号研究》，社会科学文献出版社2022年版，31-32页。]
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||