The Year of the Child

It remains uncertain precisely which year this pregnancy occurred, though that certainly has not prevented many historians and scholars from confidently putting forth their own theories. As the Mongols themselves had no calendar system of their own, dates such as these were simply not important to keep track of nor was there any ready method of doing so. Whatever she may have thought about the strange sign of his birth, it's evident that the boy's father already had the name he wished to bestow upon his second son, and first by Hoi-lin.