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Orkhon inscriptions

"O Turkish and Oghuz lords and people, hear! Unless the sky above collapses and the earth below is destroyed, O Turkish people, who could destroy and disrupt your state and laws?"

— Bilge Qaghan

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets ""O Turkish and Oghuz lords and people, hear! Unless the sky above collapses and the earth below is destroyed, O Turkish people, who could destroy and disrupt your state and laws?"" in the context of "Orkhon inscriptions" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Bilge Qaghan

About Bilge Qaghan

Bilge Qaghan (Old Turkic: ????????????????????:????????????, romanized: Bilgä Qaγan; Chinese: 毗伽可汗; pinyin: píjiā kěhàn; 683 – 25 November 734) was the fourth Qaghan of the Second Turkic Khaganate. His accomplishments were described in the Orkhon inscriptions.