Editing Tonyukuk (section)

== Legacy ==
His biography, achievements and advice for state administration were carved in the so-called [[Orkhon-Turkic script]] on two stele erected around 716 (before his death) at a site known as [[Bain Tsokto inscriptions|Bayn Tsokto]], in [[Ulaanbaatar]]'s [[Nalaikh district]].<ref>For the site see Sören Stark ''Die Alttürkenzeit in Mittel- und Zentralasien. Archäologische und historische Studien'' (Nomaden und Sesshafte, Band 6), Reichert: Wiesbaden 2008, pp. 75–76.
Ross (1930): "About 48° N. and a little more 107° W.{{sic}} of Greenwich, near a place said to have the name of Bain Chokto, between the Nalaikha post-station and the right bank of the upper waters of the Tola."</ref> [[Yuan era]] Uyghur official Xie Wenzhi (楔文質), as well as Korean [[Gyeongju Seol clan]] claimed descent from Tonyukuk.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Subjects and masters : Uyghurs in the Mongol Empire|last=Brose, Michael C.|year=2007|isbn=9780914584292|location=Bellingham, WA, USA|pages=169, 183–185|oclc=235941570}}</ref>

He was mentioned and remembered in some Uyghur [[Manichaeism|Manichaean]] texts later in [[Qocho]].<ref name=erdal>{{Cite journal|last1=Marcel Erdal|last2=Chen Hao 陳浩|date=2017|title=The Khocho Toñukuk Tradition in Runiform, Uyghur and Chinese Sources // 探討高昌突厥石碑和維吾爾語、中文文獻上的暾欲谷記|journal=Central Asiatic Journal|volume=60|issue=1–2|pages=109|doi=10.13173/centasiaj.60.1-2.0109|jstor=10.13173/centasiaj.60.1-2.0109|s2cid=165707355 }}</ref>

The Berlin Manichaean manuscript found in Qocho read as follows:<ref name=erdal></ref>

{{quote|Then the wise Toñuk(uk) spoke as follows: The Turk (nation) is ruined and has lost its chance of (salvation).}}