The Investigate Thoroughly Of Yelv Bei Family In Liao Dynasty

Yelv Bei family included two branches of ErYuan imperial family and San Fufang imperial family,which was the most important family in Liao Dynasty.ErYuan imperial family divided into WuYuan imperial family and LiuYuan imperial family,San Fufang family be split into Meng Fufang,Zhong Fufang and Ji Fufang.Yelv Bei’s family belonged to Ji Fufang,which was Yelv Abaoji’s direct posterity.With the consolidation and development of regime,Yelv Bei’s family became a special branch of imperial family.With the conflict of imperial power,Yelv Bei’s family have developed.There was severe competition between Yelv Bei family and the Yelv Deguang family about the right of the throne inheritance when the first emperor Yelv Abaoji died.This phenomenon has been going on forty year until Yelv Xian throne.After that,the Emperor all come from this family,and the system of First Son from the Lineal Descents Inheritance was established,the family status became more and more eminent.In other words,other branches of imperial family have no have no intention to succession to the throne after Yelv Xian dominated.Because of Yelv Bei’s family seized the throne,which made the family play the important role in Liao Dynasty.So the family had direct influence with the ups and downs of Liao Dynasty.Besides the Emperor,Yelv Bei’s family assumed the office of post between center and local.This family played an important role in the process of center and local handing problem about policy implementation.Yelv Bei’s family through marriage with queen’s family achieved higer status,and the territory developed better and better under the imperial power controled.In the influence of Yelv Bei,his offspring became the earliest and profound to accepted Central Plains culture and very interested in it,which even beyond enhanced their Qidan culture.Their behavior caused khitan chinesization and influence far-reaching in Liao Dynasty.The aim of this paper is to grasp Yelv Bei’s family spring up and developing,consolidate historial process,reveal culture feature through this family systematic and comprehensive researched.It inclued family branches and marriage,monor and economic power,regime,cultural tendency and the influence of society in Liao Dynasty.The Yelv Bei family had very large descendants and followed the rise and decline of Liao Dynasty,and this family lasted for Jin and Yuan Dynasties.