The Political Evolution Of The Northern Wei Dynasty And The Differentiation

After Emperor Xiaowen reform, social status clan has undergone major changes, the reform not only affects the living conditions of this group clan, has become one of the Northern Wei Dynasty risks deteriorating political situation. Xiaowen deliberate reuse clan have served to increase their economic and political status, but also through the "Clan identified family," so many of the clothes were sparse actual benefits are affected, and dynastic discord. Xuanwu period, emperor, imperial family, Dukes battle gradually become clear to XianyangWang YuanXi and Jing ZhaoWang YuanYu, represented the royal family revolted event has occurred, these factors make the upper layer has the effect of splitting the Northern Wei Dynasty. XiaoMing period, the imperial clan as an important force in accordance with the weight, which itself began to threaten imperial rule, then, ErZhurong in heyin massacred Wei clan, Yuan Hao and Xiao joint beams of clan struggle to make getting intense. For Yuan Wei imperial clan role and influence in the political struggle, although senior scholars more in-depth discussion, but according to most studies major historical basic no official history of Northern description, occasionally cited epitaph, just history as evidence, make history the supporting information. This paper attempts to Yuan Wei clan epitaphs unearthed a large number of major research perspective, through mutual comparison Epitaph Record and literature handed down proof, systems research and combing in the late Northern Wei Dynasty imperial clan class differentiation and opposition, Yuan Wei clan and reveal this particular community class status and role in the Northern Wei Dynasty political situation evolving.