Study On The Princesses Of The Northern Dynasty

Northern Dynasty is the general name of northern regimes in opposition to the Southern Dynasty after Wei and Jin, and includes five regimes, the Northern Wei, the Eastern Wei, the Northern Qi, the Western Wei and the Northern Zhou, which are all established by Xianbei ethnic group. The etiquette system of central China is greatly destroyed after rough and tumble fights during the five Hus and the sixteen states period and new etiquette order wouldn’t establish yet, while inheriting from the princess system since Han and Wei, the princess conferral system of this time presents some new traits. As the representative of aristocratic women in this period, the marriages of the Northern Dynasty princesses permeate strong political nature all the way which we can know through the standard of selection and commendation of emperor’s-son-in-law and their marriage form. The political color of the princesses’ marriages that are of pacification is extraordinary strong. As a special group of Northern Dynasty princess, they played a very important role in the coordination of the relationship between country and nation during the Northern Dynasty.