First mention on domestic yak in Inner Asia: On the problem of interpretation of the animal called <i>jiǎo-duān</i> 角端 in the sources of Post-Hàn Period
The article deals with the promotion of hypothesis on the interpretation of the animal jiǎo-duān 角端, known since 2th century B.C., as the domestic yak ( Bos grunniens grunniens ), based the analysis of writing sources with additional linguistic, ethnographical and archeological data.