I Think It Very Possible
That The Real Reading Is Sinchin-Tingin, And That It Represents
SHANGKING-TUNGKING, Expressing The Two Capitals Of The Khitan Dynasty In
This Region, The Position Of Which Will Be Found Indicated In No.
IV.
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of Polo's itineraries. (See Schott, Aelteste Nachrichten von Mongolen und
Tartaren, Berlin Acad. 1845, pp. 11-12.)
[Sikintinju is Kien chau "belonging to a town which was in Nayan's
appanage, and is mentioned in the history of his rebellion. There were two
Kien-chow, one in the time of the Kin in the modern aimak of Khorchin; the
other during the Mongol Dynasty, on the upper part of the river Ta-ling
ho, in the limits of the modern aimak of Kharachin (Man chow yuen lew
k'ao); the latter depended on Kuang-ning (Yuen-shi). Mention is made of
Kien-chow, in connection with the following circumstance. When Nayan's
rebellion broke out, the Court of Peking sent orders to the King of Corea,
requiring from him auxiliary troops; this circumstance is mentioned in the
Corean Annals, under the year 1288 (Kao li shi, ch. xxx. f. 11) in the
following words: - 'In the present year, in the fourth month, orders were
received from Peking to send five thousand men with provisions to
Kien-chow, which is 3000 li distant from the King's residence.' This
number of li cannot of course be taken literally; judging by the
distances estimated at the present day, it was about 2000 li from the
Corean K'ai-ch'eng fu (then the Corean capital) to the Mongol Kien-chow;
and as much to the Kien-chow of the Kin (through Mukden and the pass of Fa-
k'u mun in the willow palisade). It is difficult to decide to which of
these two cities of the same name the troops were ordered to go, but at any
rate, there are sufficient reasons to identify Sikintinju of Marco Polo
with Kien-chow." (Palladius, 33.) - H. C.]
We learn from Gaubil that the rebellion did not end with the capture of
Nayan.
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