Editing Tonyukuk (section)

=== Early years ===
[[File:Turkic Gold Belt Ornaments (35671983336).jpg|thumb|Gold belt ornaments, Tonyukuk ritual place, Tov, Erdene.<ref>{{cite web |title=National History Museum of Mongolia |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/142086940@N03/48761143791/in/album-72157718782605608/ |date=7 September 2019}}</ref>]]
He was born around 646, near [[Tuul River]] in [[Ashide]] tribe. He fled the [[Tang dynasty]] in 679 and joined [[Ilterish Qaghan|Elteriš]] in 681.

{{fs interlinear|𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰀 𐱃𐰆𐰪𐰸𐰸 𐰋𐰤 𐰇𐰕𐰢 𐱃𐰉𐰍𐰲 𐰃𐰠𐰭𐰀 𐰶𐰠𐰦𐰢 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰚 𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣 𐱃𐰉𐰍𐰲𐰴𐰀 𐰝𐰇𐰼𐰼 𐰼𐱅𐰃|Bilge Toñuquq bän özüm Tabγač eliŋä qılıntım Türk bodun Tabγačqa körür ärti.||I myself, wise Tonyukuk, born in [[Tuoba#Legacy of the Tuoba/Tabgach name|Tabgach]] [i.e. [[Tang dynasty|Tang China]]] country. (As the whole) Turk people was under Chinese subjection.<ref>Atalay Besim (2006). Divanü Lügati't Türk. [[Turkish Language Association]], {{ISBN|975-16-0405-2}}, p. 28, 453, 454</ref><ref>Aydın 2017, p. 104</ref>|lang=otk|indent=3}}

Chinese sources state that Tonyuquq's name was "Yuanzhen," and he learned all Chinese traditions and was aware of the gaps in the borders and the Chinese wall. While he was supervising the surrendered clans in [[Protectorate General to Pacify the North|Chanyü military governorship]], he was dismissed and jailed by the military governor Changshih.<ref>Taşağıl 2004, p. 63</ref>