NB: "secret history" is an infelicitous part of the title of a historical docume... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		aebtebeten on Oct 21, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “The Secret History of the Mongols”: A digital his... NB: "secret history" is an infelicitous part of the title of a historical document, not clickbait

phreeza on Oct 21, 2024 | [–]

Ancient equivalent of clickbait?

AlotOfReading on Oct 21, 2024 | | [–]

The Secret History is secret in the same sense that "top secret" classified documents are. Only people fairly close to the Yuan Dynasty were intended to have access to it.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact