ABSTRACT
Then in the Ki-hen year, in his twenty-eighth year, the Prince Temüjin ascended the throne at Ködege Arulan by the Kerülen River. On three mornings before that day a bird like a fivecoloured lark sat upon a square stone in front of his tent and sang ‘Genghis, Genghis’,1 and in consequence of that his name of Brilliant Holy Genghis Khagan became celebrated in all directions. Then the stone suddenly split open of its own accord, and from within it there emerged a jade seal, which was known as the Khasbuu.2 It was one span in both length and breadth, and on its back were two entwined dragons on top of a tortoise. The markings upon it stood out as if carved. This seal could make an impression through precisely one thousand sheets of paper.
