On The Mongolian Encampments Pro The Mid-Jiajing Period Of The Ming Dynasty And The Mongolian Image Of The Mongolian Landscape Map

The book Mongolia Landscape Map by Professor Lin Meicun is said to be based on a map drawn from the original Ming court returned from Japan.Professor Lin holes that the original title of this map is “Mongolia Landscape Map” based upon the inscription on a label attached to the map by the merchant of Shangyou Tang of the Republic of China without any further explanation.In the book,Professor Lin further argued that this map was originally named “Mongolian Landscape Map” and used this as the title of his own book.In addition,Professor Lin holes that this map was drawn between 1524 and 1539.Because the picture extends westward from Jiayu Guan,Lin’s opinions mean to suggest that in the Mid-Ming period,the main Mongolia Encampments were located to the west of Jiayu Guan in the knowledge of the Ming government.However,efficient evidences show that the Mongolian people were mainly active in the north of the Great Wall in that era.From Yongle to Zhengde,there have been three major changes in Mongolia’s encampment.The first time occurred in the Yongle period.Due to the Yongle Emperor conquering Northern China desert five times,Tartar and Oirat Mangols competed each other,it made a huge change.The second time occurred before the Tumu Crisis,under the efforts of Tuohuan and his son,Yexian,the Mongolian grassland was gradually unified,causing another large-scale change in the encampment of Mongolian ministries.After Ye Xian died,Mongolia once again fell into a split,and this continuous state of war continued to reach the Dayan Khan period.After the resumption of the rule of the Khan on East Mongolia,Dayan Khan re-divided the territory,which is the third change.In the early period of Jiajing,the Mongolian Tartar was partially six tribes,and the encampment was from Liaodong and Jizhen to the west to Gansu and Qinghai.The encampment of the Oirat Mangols Area is south to Balikun Mountain,east to Helin,in the Zhabuhan River,the Kobudo River Basin and the Irtysh River and the Upper Yenisei River.The Uriyangqa three commanderies is mainly stationed in the south of Xilamulun River,from Liaohe in the east,and outside the Great Wall near Xuanfu in the west.According to the Mongolian grazing place in the early Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty,it can be known that the geographical coverage of the Mongolian Landscape Map in the works of Professor Lin Meicun is not the main grazing land of Mongolia in the Ming Dynasty.In the image of the Ming Dynasty,the Mongolian people were mainly active in the north of the Great Wall,and the area west of Jiayu Guan was regarded as the Western Region.The "Mongolian landscape map" claimed by Professor Lin does not reflect the Mongolian knowledge and imagery of the Ming Dynasty rulers.The map is not properly named.Professor Lin does not have any reliable basis for judging the time of drawing the so-called "Mongolian landscape map" and is not logical.It has no value in determining the drawing time of the map.He also lacks a basis for the statement that the map is another "mother" of the Ming Dynasty map.Subsequent research on this so-called Mongolian landscape map must include formal identification by scientific and technical means.