Editing Dou Xian (section)

==Inscription of Yanran==
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The [[Inscription of Yanran]], composed by [[Ban Gu]] and engraved on Mount Yanran to commemorate Dou Xian's victory against the Xiongnu, was recorded in the 5th-century ''[[Book of Later Han]]''. The expression "to carve a stone on Yanran" ({{zh|c=勒石燕然}}) entered the Chinese language as a synonym for achieving a decisive victory. In 2016, a researchers team of Mongolian national university expedition rediscovered the inscription in the [[Inil (Delgerkhangai) Mountains]] in southern Mongolia".<ref name="Battulga.Ts, Badamsambuu.G, Batjargal.B 2016">{{cite book |last1=Battulga.Ts|last2=Badamsambuu.G|last3=Batjargal.B|title=Баруун илгэний эртний бичээс (Ancient inscription at Baruun ilgen hills)|year=2016|publisher=Mongolian national University Press |issn=1810-5025|pages=57–68 (in Mongolian)}}</ref> The 220 legible characters of the inscription, out of a total of 260, are identical to the text recorded in the ''Book of the Later Han''.<ref name=chen>{{cite news |url=http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2107500/archaeologists-discover-story-chinas-ancient-military-might |title=Archaeologists discover story of China’s ancient military might carved in cliff face |date=21 August 2017 |work=South China Morning Post |author=Laurie Chen}}</ref>