Xiao Daheng "beilu Customs Of The Late Sixteenth Century, Mongolia's Social Life

The specialty of the study of the history of Mongolian society and life (�'�古社会生活史) is that it mostly depends on the analysis of literature which was written by the authors who were not Mongol. Through this literature we can understand the status of the Mongolian society in that period. And, the record 《Pei-lou feng-su (北虏风俗)》 is about Mongol life and customs written by the minister of Ming Dynasty of China.According to the records of 《Pei-lou feng-su (北虏风俗)》 , we can look into Mongol life and the status of their tribes in the 16^th century. One may simultaneously discuss the movement of the life of Mongolian tribes in their special circumstances during 16th century, discovering the reason and background of the transformation in order to grasp the features of the Mongol's life and custom.And we may uncover the idiographic lifestyle and consciousness of the Mongol, and review the varied contours of that society. It is not only relevant to the national defense of that period, but also a springboard to the investigation of the stratagems of that period.Since the middle 16th century, because of constant contact and communion with the Ming Dynasty and Tibetan Buddhism, not only in religion but also in areas such as medicine, interpretation, historiography,...