Thousands of years later, "The Chronicles of Tian Khan" was discovered in the Dunhuang Scripture Cave.
Written in Chinese, Persian and Turkic scripts,
It records the stories of Li Chengqian's Western Expedition, Li Chongrun's founding of the Yuan Dynasty, and Li Chongmao's Zhongxing.
The title on the last page reads:
"When the lonely smoke in the desert disappears, when the thousands of sails on the sea return to the harbor,
The name of Tian Khan is still sung in the songs of the people of Hu and Han——
He is a conqueror, but also a fusion;
What he left behind was not the ruins of an empire;
It is the eternal hope of civilizational symbiosis. "
At the top of Chang'an City, modern tourists look at the restored statue of Tian Khan.
The base is engraved with a combination of Persian proverbs and Tang poetry:
"The sea is open to all rivers, and its tolerance is great;
The Hu and Han family go to prosperity together. "
The sun shines through the gilt dragon pattern on the statue,
Casting mottled light and shadow on the ground,
As if telling the story of that magnificent era,
The Khan who made the world hear the voice of the Tang Dynasty,
Never really far away...
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