Uighur Kingdom

Japanese: ウイグル王国 - ういぐるおうこく
Uighur Kingdom

…In 640 (the 14th year of the Zhenguan period, the 17th year of the Yanshou period in Gaochang), the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Ko clan and established the Western Commandery. After the mid-9th century, the Uighurs conquered Turfan and established the Uighur Kingdom (Xizhou Huihui, Gaochang Huihui) that spanned the north and south of Bogdulla. During this period, the Uighurs, who were originally mainly Manichaeans, mixed with the native Han and Aryan Buddhists and rapidly became Buddhists, and emerged as a unique cultural nation that translated Eastern and Western classics into the new Uighur script. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Uyghur Kingdom" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…640年(貞観14,高昌延寿17)唐は麴氏を滅ぼして西州都督府を置いた。9世紀中葉以後ウイグルがトゥルファンを制圧してボグドオーラ南北にまたがるウイグル王国(西州回鶻(かいこつ),高昌回鶻)を建てた。この時代には,本来おもにマニ教徒だったウイグル人は在来の漢人・アーリヤ系仏教徒と混交し急速に仏教徒化し,ウイグル新文字による東西典籍の翻訳など特異な文化国家を現出した。…

※「ウイグル王国」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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