近来经常听有人说“蒙古族就是匈奴族”,或者“蒙古族是匈奴族的后裔”。这种说法是不符合历史实际的。从有文字记载的历史考察,在春秋战国时期,我国北方生活着两个较大的民族:匈奴与东胡,匈奴居西,东胡居东。最初匈奴与东胡是友好的邻邦,到匈奴冒顿单于时代(公元前209——公元前174),东胡王向匈奴王勒索“脱落之地”,匈奴王怒,“地,国之本也,奈何予之。”于是率众击东胡,大败之,尽占东胡之地。东胡从此便 It has often been heard recently that “the Mongols are the Huns,” or “the Mongols are the descendants of the Huns.” This statement is inconsistent with the historical reality. From the historical records of written records, in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were two larger ethnic groups living in northern China: the Huns and Donghu, the Huns, and the East Huju People. Initially, the Huns and Donghu were friendly neighbors. Upon the arrival of the Huns in the monopoly era (209 BC - 174 BC), the East King extorted the land of “ What to do with it. ”So the rate hit East Hu, defeated, to make up the East Hu place. East Hu from then on