1. Temujin
Temujin (31 May 1162 – 25 August 1227) was known as Genghis Khan (traditional Mongolian: ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ; Latin Mongolian: Činggis Qaγan; Cyrillic Mongolian: Чингис Хаан; English: Genghis Khan), a native of the Mongolian Qiyan tribe, was born in the upper reaches of the Monbei Nan River (present-day Onen River) (present-day Kent Province, Mongolia). Khan of the Great Mongol Kingdom (reigned August 25, 1206-1227) was an outstanding military strategist and statesman in the history of the world.
Temujin lost his father at an early age, was banished by rival tribes, and defected to the Kereh tribe. In 1189, he was elected as the Khan of the Mongol Beggars, and after a series of wars, he basically unified the Mongolian Plateau in 1204. In 1206, he established the Great Mongolian State at the source of the Nanhe River, that is, the emperor (Khan). After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the thousand-household system was implemented, the guard army was established, and the "Great Zaza" was promulgated. After many foreign wars, he occupied large swathes of the Jin Dynasty in East Asia and destroyed Western Xia, Western Liao, and Khorezm in Central Asia, and his conquests reached as far as the Black Sea coast. In 1227, Temujin died of illness at the age of sixty-six. Before his death, he set the strategy of "Lian Song to destroy Jin", and was secretly buried in Qilin Valley after his death. After the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty, he was called "Emperor Shengwu of Fatian Qiyun", and the temple name was Taizu.
Temujin was a highly controversial figure who was "deep and strategic, and used his soldiers like a god." Since its rise, it has been regarded as a barbaric and cruel aggressor. In modern times, it is also believed that the wars of conquest launched by the Mongol Empire under the leadership of Temujin and his successors promoted the interaction between Eurasia and had a profound impact on the course of world history. In addition, his war for the unification of the Mongol tribes laid the foundation for the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty and played an important role in the formation of the Mongol national community. Temujin is still regarded as a national hero by the Mongols and has become a national symbol of Mongolia.
2. Jebe
Jebe (?) - c. 1224), also translated by Bebe, Bebe, Shabe, etc. A famous general in the early days of the Mongol Empire, a native of the Mongolian Besu Division, his original name was Huo'er Huo. After the surrender of Temujin, he changed his name to "Jebe" (meaning "arrow").
Jebe is brave and good at fighting, from ten heads of households to thousands of heads of households, and is known as the "four dogs" with Le, Kublai, and Subutai. In the sixth year of Yuan Taizu (1211), he attacked gold from Genghis Khan and served as a vanguard. In the fourteenth year, from Genghis Khan's western expedition and Subutai's invasion of Azerbaijan, Guerzhi, Asu, Kipchak, and Hurasi, until the Crimean Peninsula. On the way back, he fell ill and died.
3. Mu Huali
Muhuali (traditional Mongolian: ᠮᠤᠬᠠᠯᠢ, Cyrillic Mongolian: Мухулай, Latin transliterated Mongolian: Muqali; 1170-1223), also translated as Muheli, Mohelai, Muhuli, no Heisuke, Mahara, etc., Mongolian Zara clan, the famous general of the Great Mongolian State, the founding hero.
In his early years, Mu Huali was given to Temujin by his father Kong Wen Guwa to be a "ladder slave". He was known for his perseverance, wisdom, courage and good fighting, and was the most respected by Temujin, and was praised by Temujin as "the chariot has a wheel, and the body has arms", assisting Temujin to unify the Mongolian tribes. In the first year of Yuan Taizu (1206), he was awarded the title of the head of the left wing of ten thousand households. After the sixth year of Yuan Taizu (1211), he followed Temujin to fight gold year after year, commanded the battles of Yehuling and Huhebao, and defeated the Jin army. Two years later, he went south with the Chinese army and captured the cities of Bin, Di and Yidu. returned to Bazhou and recruited Shi Tianni and other departments. Soon after, he attacked Jinzhongdu and was ordered to pacify Liaodong. In the tenth year of Yuan Taizu (1215), he captured Jin Beijing. In the twelfth year of Yuan Taizu (1217), Ren Taishi and king, instead of Temu Allah of the Western Expedition, held the matter of levying gold, launched attacks on Hebei, Shandong, and Shanxi for successive years, and conquered most of the territory of the Jin Dynasty in six years of conquest. In the eighteenth year of Yuan Taizu (1223), Mu Huali died of illness in Wenxi at the age of fifty-four on the way to the class after the Battle of Fengxiang. After the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty, he gave the founding of the country to assist the world, the Taishi, the Kaifu Yitong three divisions, the Shangzhu State, and the King of Lu, and was nicknamed "Zhongwu".
Mu Huali followed Temujin for 40 years, and he was known as the "Four Heroes" along with Borshu, Borhu, and Chilaowen, and was honored by the people as "Jingkenbaatar (real hero)". In the process of presiding over the attack on gold, he changed the previous method of blindly slaughtering and plundering the Mongol army, appointed the Han landlord armed forces to manage it, and decided to occupy it for a long time. After Mu Huali's death, his family occupied a prominent position in the Great Mongolia and the Yuan Dynasty, and served several positions with the Yuan Dynasty.
4. Speed does not stop
Subutai (traditional Mongolian: ᠰᠥᠪᠡᠭᠡᠳᠡᠢ, Cyrillic Mongolian: Сүбээдэй, English: Subedei or Subebedei, meaning "winged"; 1176-1248), also translated as Xuebutai, Subetai, Subetai, etc., was a native of the Mongolian Ulianghabe, an outstanding military commander of the Great Mongolian State, and one of Genghis Khan Temujin's "Dolbian Nahasi (i.e., the Four Mastiffs)".
In his early years, Subutai took refuge in Temujin, assisted him in unifying the various departments, served as a permanent pioneer, and was known for his courage and good fighting, and enjoyed the title of "Putting Ah Bald (meaning warrior)". When Mongolia was founded, he was one of the ten great heroes. In the sixth year of Yuan Taizu (1211), he attacked the Jin Dynasty with his army. In the fourteenth year of Taizu (1219), he participated in the first western expedition of Mongolia. Later, he was ordered to chase Khwarazm Sultan Mahamat with Jebe, swept through Persia and the Caucasus, and defeated the combined forces of Rus and Kipchak in the Battle of the Chalga River. Later, he followed the expedition to Western Xia. In the second year of Yuan Taizong (1230), he participated in the war to destroy Jin and led the army to break through Bianjing. From the 6th year of Taizong (1235) to the 13th year of Taizong (1242), he served as the vanguard in the second western expedition of King Batu and defeated the Hungarian army in the Battle of the Saiyo River. This expedition to the west expanded the territory of Great Mongolia to the Russian region. After his death, Ögedei Khan returned to Mongolia with the Western Expeditionary Army. After his accession to the throne, Guiyou Khan returned to the Vula River and died in the third year of Yuan Dingzong (1248) at the age of seventy-three. In the third year of Yuan Wuzong (1310), he was awarded the allegiance of Xuanli Zuo Ming Meritorious Hero, Kaifu Yi with the three divisions, Shangzhu State, and posthumously crowned the king of Henan, nicknamed "Zhongding" (a "Zhongwu").
Subutai fought for decades in his life, and his footprints reached Hungary in the west, Siberia in the north, and Bianjing in the south, and was considered to be the general with the widest range of conquests in the ancient world. He, along with his sons Wuliang Hetai and Sun Ashu, were all important generals of the Mongol (Yuan Dynasty) and made important contributions to the establishment and expansion of the Mongol Empire and the unification of the Yuan Dynasty.
5. Torre
He (1193-1232) was the emperor of the Great Mongol Kingdom. Genghis Khan's fourth son, the father of Yuan Xianzong Meng Ge, Yuan Shizu Kublai Khan, and the founder of the Ilkhanate, Hulegu, was honored as "Yeke Nayan".
In the first year of Yuan Taizu (1206), when the Great Mongolia was divided after its establishment, it was 5,000 households. In the eighth year of Taizu (1213), he began to attack Jin, led the middle route army with his father, and took Xiong, Ba, Bin, Di and other counties of Hebei and Shandong. In the fourteenth year of Taizu (1219), he followed his father's expedition to the west and successively captured Buhuara, Samarkand and other cities. In the sixteenth year of Taizu (1221), he took charge of an army alone, led an army into the territory of Khorasan, trapped Malu, you Shabul, and surrendered to Yeli. After the Western Expedition, Genghis Khan divided the princes, and according to the custom of the young Mongolian son guarding the stove, Tuo Lei was enshrined in Mongolia itself, and inherited all his father's Huluduo, pastures and armies in the difficult and cowardly green river, and the "Historical Collection" said that he "had many armies" and was "more independent and powerful than other kings". After Genghis Khan's death, he served as a prisoner for two years. In the second year of the reign of the Emperor (1229), in the election of the Great Khan, in accordance with his father's orders, he and the kings supported the throne of his brother Wokotai, that is, the Khan. In the third year of Taizong (1231), he parted ways with Wokotai Hehan to attack gold. In the following year, the right army was united, Fengxiang was broken, Weishui was crossed, Baoji was released, Hanzhong was entered, more than 14 walled cities were broken, and the Southern Song Dynasty was pretended to be followed by the Han River. Defeated the Jin army in the snow on Sanfeng Mountain, annihilated the elite of the Jin army, and then took Henan County. Later, he rendezvoused with the Wokotai army, Xu Jin discussed the request for peace, and immediately returned to the division due to the heat, and died of illness on the way at the age of more than 40. Later, he was posthumously named Emperor Jingxiang, and the temple name was Ruizong.
Tuo Lei is heroic and strategic, fights with his father, and does not obey without service, Genghis Khan regards him as "that Keer". During the two years of Genghis Khan's posthumous imprisonment, the Mongol army was recuperated and the empire was smoothly handed over.
6. Ryogodai
Uriyangqatai (Uriyangqatai; 1201-1272) was a famous general of the Mongol Empire. The eldest son of the founding hero Subutai, a native of the Mongolian Uliang Habe. In his early years, he served as Genghis Khan's cowardly army. Because he was a family of meritorious heroes, he was appointed to protect the emperor's grandson Meng Ge, and later became Meng Ge's first cowardly Xue Chang, in charge of Meng Ge's guards.
7. Batu
Batu (1209-1256, Batu, also transliterated as Batu, meaning "hard", "hard"), was the founder of the Kipchak Khanate (also known as the Golden Horde). The grandson of Genghis Khan Temujin and the second son of Jochi.
Batu was born in Mongolia in the fourth year of Yuan Taizu (1209), and after the death of his father Jochi, Batu inherited his throne and fief. Batu was honest, generous to his subordinates, did not hesitate to reward, did not kill innocents, and was known as "Sain Khan". Yuan Taizu died of illness, Batu and others supported the establishment of Wokotai and ascended the throne in the second year of Tuolei Jianguo (1229), which was for Yuan Taizong. In the seventh year of Yuan Taizong (1235), Batu was appointed as the commander-in-chief, and together with the deputy commanders Subutai, Zongwang Hedan, Meng Ge and others, he conquered Kipchak, Huros (present-day Russia) and other countries. The following year, Batu joined the kings and marched to Kipchak, and in the ninth year of Taizong (1237), Kipchak was pacified. Later, he marched into the Rus', successively captured the cities of Lieyazan, Moscow and other cities and went all the way north. After that, Batu ordered the army to rest, and soon led the army to break through the cities of Ernigo and Kiev.
After largely pacifying the southern part of the Rus', Batu launched a two-way attack on the neighboring states of Beret and Maza. In the end, the first army of the Northern Route led by Belda conquered the Bolie tribes, and Batu led the army to defeat Maza, and successively captured the cities of Soladin, Pelek, etc. After learning the news of Yuan Taizong's death, Batu chose to return with the army. Because Batu had a disagreement with Yuan Taizong's eldest son, Guiyou, when he learned that Guiyou was about to become Khan, he chose to let the army return eastward, while he stayed in Kipchak. Guiyou ascended the throne as Yuan Dingzong, and died in the third year of Yuan Dingzong (1248). Batu chose to support Meng Ge's accession to the throne for Yuan Xianzong. After Yuan Xianzong ascended the throne, Batu founded the Kipchak Khanate, and later died in the sixth year of Yuan Xianzong (1256) at the age of 48.
8.忽必烈
Kublai Khan (traditional Mongolian: ᠪᠣᠷᠵᠢᠭᠢᠨ ᠤ ᠬᠣᠪᠢᠯᠠᠢ, Cyrillic Mongolian: Боржигины Хубилай; 23 September 1215 – 18 February 1294) was the fifth Great Khan of the Great Mongol State and the founding emperor of the Yuan Dynasty (r. 1260–1294). The grandson of Genghis Khan Temujin, the fourth son of the Jianguo Tuolei, and the brother of Yuan Xianzong Meng.
During the reign of Möngke Khan, he was appointed as the prime minister of the military of the Han land in Monan, and was later enshrined in Jingzhao. During this period, he recruited Han Confucian scholars, rectified the military and government, and participated in the Mengke expedition to Dali and the siege of the Southern Song Dynasty. After Möngke's death, Kublai Khan returned from the front line and competed with his half-brother Ali Buge for the throne of Khan, and the Khan was located in Kaiping City and established the Yuan Dynasty. In the fourth year of the Yuan Dynasty (1267), the capital was moved to Dadu, and four years later, the founding name was "Dayuan". In the eleventh year of the Yuan Dynasty (1274), he ordered Boyan and others to attack the Song Dynasty on a large scale, and two years later captured the Song capital Lin'an, and finally eliminated the remnants of the Southern Song Dynasty in the Battle of Yashan, completing the unification of the whole country. After the unification of the whole country, Ahma, Lu Shirong and Sango were successively reused to manage finance. At the same time, they sent troops to Japan and Southeast Asian countries one after another, but most of them ended in failure. However, his activities to resist the invasion of the northwestern kings such as Haidu and pacify the rebellion of the northeastern kings were still relatively successful. In the thirty-first year of the Yuan Dynasty (1294), Kublai Khan died of illness at the age of eighty. He is called the Emperor of Shengde Shengong and Wenwu, and the temple is called Shizu.
Kublai Khan was one of the few Mongol rulers who valued Han culture and promoted Confucianism. During his reign, he established various systems, including the provincial system, strengthened control over the frontiers, paid attention to agriculture, and advocated the establishment of schools, so that the social economy could be restored and developed. However, its frequent foreign conquests and the retention of a large number of the old Mongol system constrained the development of productive forces, exacerbated social contradictions, and had a far-reaching impact on the later development of the Yuan Dynasty.
9. Hülegü
Hülegü (1217 – 8 February 1265) was a military strategist of the Mongol Empire and the founder of the Ilkhanate. The grandson of Genghis Khan, the sixth son of Tuolei, and his mother was the brother of Kublai Khan, Möngke and Ali Buge.
In his early years, Hülegü followed Batu to the west, to the territory of Hungary. After the death of Guiyu Khan, Hulegü supported his brother Möngke to ascend to the throne of Khan. From the second year of Yuan Xianzong (1252), Hulegu began to conquer westward. In the sixth year of Yuan Xianzong (1256), Hulegu destroyed the religious state of Murayi. Two years later, he captured Baghdad, captured the Caliphate, and destroyed the Abbasids. In the first year of the Central Unification (1260), Hulegu Chen soldiers on the Egyptian border, coinciding with the death of Möngke Khan, retreated to the Persian Azhel Byzantian region according to the old Mongolian practice, and the rest of the army was defeated at Ain Jalut, breaking the myth of the invincibility of the Mongol army, and at the same time ending the strategy of the Mongol army's westward advance in Egypt. In the first year of the Yuan Dynasty (1264), Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan dynasty, made Hulegu Khan, and the following year Hulegu died of illness.
Hulegu's westward expedition caused some damage to Syria, Iran, Iraq and other places, but at the same time strengthened exchanges between the East and the West. During the period of the Ilkhanate, it maintained friendly diplomatic relations with the Yuan Dynasty, and at the same time established diplomatic relations with the surrounding regimes through marriage, which promoted economic and cultural exchanges between various ethnic groups.
10. Ashu
Uliangha Ashu (1234-1287), a famous general in the early Yuan Dynasty, Mongolian, the grandson of the founder of the Great Mongolian State Su Butai, and the son of Marshal Uliang Hetai. During the time of Meng Ke Khan, he conquered the southwest from his father, leveled Dali, conquered the Zhubu, and surrendered to Jiaozhi. In the third year of the Central Unification, Li Pu was meritorious in the conquest, and was promoted to the marshal of the southern capital with General Suwei. Slightly two accurate, encircling Xiangyang, breaking Fancheng. In the eleventh year of the Yuan Dynasty, he fought the Song Dynasty with Boyan and Ali Hague, and served as the provincial Pingzhang political affairs. Twenty-three years, he was ordered to rebel against the king of the Northern Expedition Xiramu, and then went west to Harahuo Prefecture, died of illness at the age of fifty-four, and was posthumously crowned the king of Henan.
11. Ali The Hague
Ali Hague (1227-1286), a Uyghur (present-day Uyghur). A native of Beiting in the Western Regions (now Jimusar, Xinjiang). A military general of the Yuan Dynasty, the grandfather of the poet Guan Yunshi, and his father Asan Heche.
Ali Hague was smart and eloquent, determined to make meritorious contributions, so he abandoned farming to study and learned to read Wu'er books. Later, the Mongolian general did not pity Ji with his command, and did not pity Ji with the envoy to teach his son Hulu not to be afraid of the word Wu'er, and recommended it to King Kublai Khan to become the palace guard (cowardly Xue). In 1258, from Kublai Khan to the Song Dynasty, he bravely climbed first when attacking Ezhou, was injured by a stray arrow, and was rewarded for his merits.
12. Boyan
Boyan (1280-1340), a translator of Bayan, was a Mongol and minister of the Yuan Dynasty of China.
During the reign of Emperor Wuzong of Yuan (1307-1311), he successively served as the official department of Shangshu, Yushi Zhongcheng, and Shangshu Pingzhang. In the third year of Yanyou (1316), he served as a regular servant of the Zhou Palace. Later, he successively served as the imperial historian of Xingtai and the political affairs of Pingzhang of Henan Province. In the first year of Zhihe (1328), Emperor Taiding died in Shangdu, and Boyan and Yan Temur, the Privy Council, worked together to support Yuan Wenzong Tutimur. Boyan has made great contributions to his support, and has successively served as the Imperial Historian, the Prime Minister of Zhongshu Zuo, and the Privy Council, and has been crowned King Junning. In the first year of Yuan Tong (1333), Emperor Yuan Shun Tuhuan Timur ascended the throne, and Boyan served as the right prime minister of Zhongshu with his support, and the commander-in-chief of Mongolia, Kipchak, and Huluo Si Zhuwei pro-army were all commanded envoys, and entered the title of Taishi and King of Qin.
In the third year of the Yuan Dynasty (1335), Tang Qishi, the prime minister of Zhongshu Zuo, and his brother Talahai and other conspirators were abolished, and they were wiped out by Boyan. Later, Boyan served as the prime minister, autocratic and self-indulgent, unscrupulous, collected the elite soldiers of the guards for his own use, and arbitrarily cashiered the treasury money. In order to crack down on dissidents, he fabricated accusations and put the king of Tan Chechedu and the king of Gaochang Timur from spending on death. Boyan also strongly advocated strengthening the oppression of the Han people, and once proposed to kill all the Han people surnamed Zhang, Wang, Liu, Li, and Zhao. In February of the sixth year of the Yuan Dynasty (1340), Emperor Shun conspired with Boyan's adopted son, Yushi Dafu and others, and deposed Boyan as the left prime minister of Henan Province. In March of the same year, Zhao Xi Boyan was resettled in Yangchun County, Nan'en Prefecture, and died of illness in Longxing Road Post House on the way.
13. Tutuha
Tutuha (1237~1297), the Boya Wu clan, was an important minister in the early Yuan Dynasty. Son of Bantucha. He was born as a Kipchak minister. Tutu Haguan to Yinqing Ronglu Doctor, Shangzhu Guo, Tongzhi Privy Council, Kipchak pro-army all commanded envoys, and gave Jin Ziguanglu Doctor and Sikong, posthumously crowned Yanguo Gong, Zhen Wuyi, and later added the title of king.
14. Zhang Hongfan
Zhang Hongfan (1238-1280), known as Marshal Zhang, Dingxing County, Yizhou (now Hanoi Village, Gaoli Township, Dingxing County, Baoding City, Hebei Province). General in the early years of the Yuan Dynasty, the ninth son of Zhang Rou, King of Runan.
Zhang Hongfan was born in a Han family in the Heshuo area, and studied under Hao Jing in his early years. In the third year of Zhongtong (1262), he served as the head of the march and served as Li Pu. Yuan Shizu dismissed the military power of the Marquis's disciples, and Zhang Hongfan was dismissed from his military post. In the first year of the Yuan Dynasty (1264), he was the general manager of Shuntian Road. The following year, he moved to the Daimyo. In the sixth year of the Yuan Dynasty (1269), Ren Yidu Zilai and other roads marched to 10,000 households and participated in the battle of Xiangfan. In the eleventh year of the Yuan Dynasty (1274), the Yuan army attacked the Song Dynasty on a large scale, and Zhang Hongfan was the vanguard, and he changed the ten thousand households in Bozhou with merit and gave the name of the capital. In the fifteenth year of the Yuan Dynasty (1278), he was the marshal of the Mongolian and Han armies, marched into Fujian and Guangzhou, and captured Wen Tianxiang in Wupoling, Haifeng. In the sixteenth year of the Yuan Dynasty (1279), the Song army was defeated at Yashan (now Xinhuinan, Guangdong) and the Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed. Soon after returning to Dadu, he fell ill and died.
Yuan Shizu posthumously presented him as a doctor of Yinqing Ronglu, Pingzhang political affairs, and gave him "martial arts". In the fourth year (1311), he was given the meritorious heroes of loyalty and service, Taishi, Kaifu Yitong and the three divisions, Shangzhu and Qi Guogong, and changed to Zhongwu. In the sixth year of Yanyou (1319), he added a great meritorious hero, crowned the king of Huaiyang, and offered martial arts. There is "Huaiyang Collection" handed down. The content of its loose songs is mainly to fight with iron horses. Ming Zhu Quan's "Taihe Zhengyin Spectrum" listed it among the 150 people in the "Cilin Yingjie".
15. Bed vultures
Bed Wuer (1260-1322), also known as Bed Wu'er, Bed Wu'er, Chuang'er Wu'er, Longing Wu'er, Kipchak, Tongzhi Privy Council Affairs Tutuha's third son, Yuan Dynasty general.
The bed vultures first served as a guard. In the twenty-fourth year of the Yuan Dynasty (1287), Timur rebelled against Wang Naiyan from Yuxi, and commanded the pro-army of the left guard with merit. In the first year of Dade (1297), he succeeded to his father's position. Commanded the troops to pass the Golden Mountain, attacked the eight neighboring departments, and defeated the reinforcements of Haidu. The following year, the Duwa army was defeated at the Hela Pagoda. In the third year of Dade (1299), he served as a member of the Privy Council, and King Zuozong Haishan guarded the north. In the fifth year of Dade (1301), he defeated the Haidu and Duwa armies, forced Haidu to die, and then Duwa also sent an envoy to ask for surrender. Progressive Privy Councillor, Privy Councillor Affairs, Privy Council Affairs.
In the eleventh year of Dade (1307), Chengzong died, Hu returned to the throne from Haishan South, added Pingzhang political affairs, and sealed the Duke of Rong. In the second year (1309), he was crowned the king of Jurong County. In the first year of Yanyou (1314), the defeated Du Wazi was not spent on the Yite Sea first. The following year, the re-defeat of the general will not wait. In the fourth year of Yanyou (1317), he returned to the court, still knew the affairs of the Privy Council, and discussed the book to save trouble. Pawn.
16. Guo Kan
Guo Kan (?) -1277), a native of Zheng County, Huazhou (now Hua County, Weinan City, Shaanxi Province), was a general of the Mongol Empire and the Yuan Dynasty, and a descendant of the famous Tang Dynasty general Guo Ziyi.
His grandfather Guo Baoyu and father Guo Dehai were both generals under Genghis Khan. Guo Kan was raised by Shi Tianze, and often followed Shi Tianze in and out of the battle array, and was extremely brave. In the third year of Yuan Xianzong (1253), Guo Kan followed the Western Expedition of Hulegu, and repeatedly broke more than 120 cities of the Islamic army and more than 180 cities of the Crusaders in West Asia, and crusaded against many countries. After the end of the Western Expedition, Guo Kan not only proposed to the enthroned Kublai Khan to establish the country and set up the capital, but also talked about suppressing the Southern Song Dynasty. He accumulated military exploits and reached the position of ten thousand households, and was appointed as the governor of Ninghai in the thirteenth year of Zhiyuan (1276) because of his efforts to suppress Jiangnan, and died after serving for more than a year.
Guo Kan's footprints with the army have traveled to most of the Eurasian continent and conquered more than 700 cities in his lifetime. His astonishing achievements have left a strong mark in Chinese history, but they have also been questioned by many scholars, and some scholars have pointed out that there are many doubts and inconsistencies in the records of the "History of the Yuan".