1240年编纂的《蒙古秘史》①中含有关于各个国家、城市、河流及民族的历史──地理通名②。然而这一开端并没有得到进一步的发展，随着佛教在蒙古人当中的确立，蒙古编年史家关于外部世界的观念越来越囿于佛教进化论的框框。当一名蒙古作者不得不描述其他国家时，他的兴趣首先 The “Secret History of Mongolia”, compiled in 1240, contains the history of all countries, cities, rivers and peoples - Geographical Names ②. However, this beginning did not get any further development. With the establishment of Buddhism among the Mongols, the Mongolian chroniclers’ ideas of the outside world are getting more and more prevalent in the framework of Buddhist evolutionism. When a Mongolian author had to describe other countries, his interest was above all else