Research Through Unearthed Epitaphs

The Tuyuhun People’s Sinicization During the Northern Dynasties

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.220110.011How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Tuyuhun; Epitaph; Sinicization; National identity; Ethnic identity

Abstract

In the middle and late Northern Wei Dynasty, Tuyuhun people gradually entered political field of Central Plains Dynasty, and cultural merging came with the interaction of the crowd. Although Tuyuhun Kingdom located in the northwestern area, Tuyuhun people’s epitaphs whose unearthed places were known so far were all found in the Central Plains, which shows that Tuyuhun was closely linked with the Central Plains Dynasty in politics and culture. Taking epitaph of Tuyuhun Ji as the center, this thesis analyzes the political and cultural phenomenon reflected in the epitaph, on the basis of reorganizing his genealogy and official career. At the same time, combining with unearthed epigraphs of other Tuyuhun people in the Northern Dynasties, the thesis analyzes the sinicization elements in the cognitive identity of tomb owners and their images reflected in inscriptions, and further discusses the transformation of the concepts of national, ethnic, and cultural identity of Tuyuhun people who lived in the Central Plains.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Sixuan Pan
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/01/28
TI  - Research Through Unearthed Epitaphs
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Public Art and Human Development ( ICPAHD 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 49
EP  - 55
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220110.011
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220110.011
ID  - Pan2022
ER  -