Kublai Khan
Poetry
Dorji, the director of the Secretariat and head of the Bureau of Military Affairs from 1263, but was sickly and died young. Zhenjin, father of Temür Khan, Kublai's successor. Manggala, King of Anxi. Has a son Ananda. Nomukhan Khungjil Aychi Saqulghachi Qughchu Toghan led Mongol armies into Burma and Vietnam. Khulan-temur Tsever Qutlugh Kelmysh Beki married the king Chungnyeol of Goryeo and became empress of the Goryeo. and a further son and two daughters; names unknown. Kublai was a prolific writer of Chinese poetry, though most of his works have not survived. Only one Chinese poem written by him is included in the Selection of Yuan Poetry (元詩選), titled 'Inspiration recorded while enjoying the ascent to Spring Mountain'. It was translated into Mongolian by the Inner Mongolian scholar B.Buyan in the same style as classical Mongolian poetry and transcribed into Cyrillic by Ya.Ganbaatar. It is said that once in spring Kublai Khan went to worship at a Buddhist temple at the Summer Palace in western Khanbaliq (Beijing) and on his way back ascended Longevity Hill (Tumen Nast Uul in Mongolian), where he was filled with inspiration and wrote this poem.
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