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Research Through Unearthed Epitaphs: The Tuyuhun People’s Sinicization During the Northern Dynasties

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PAN Sixuan

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DOI:10.17265/2159-5542/2022.03.004

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DePauw University, Greencastle, USA

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.

KEYWORDS

Tuyuhun, epitaph, sinicization, national identity, ethnic identity

Cite this paper

Psychology Research, March 2022, Vol. 12, No. 3, 113-121

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