Study On The Changes Of Han Nationality Officials’ Political Status Of Liao Dynasty

Liao Dynasty is a minority nationality political power which was built by Qidan. In thearea of Liao Dynasty’s dominion, the population of Han Nationality is in a overwhelmingmajority. Han Nationality’s officials made a great contribution on the social development andthe political steady of Liao Dynasty.From the beginning of Liao Dynasty to the end, the political status of Han Nationality’sofficials experienced a long and tortuous development. The constitution of Han Nationality’sofficials can divided into five aspects: captives of war, active surrender, the messenger to LiaoDynasty and imperial examination. Different dominate periods, the political status of HanNationality’s officials was different. The dominion of Liao Dynasty can divided into threeperiods: the prime of Liao Dynasty, the mid-term of Liao Dynasty and The later period ofLiao Dynasty. The prime of Liao Dynasty is the initial establishment of the political status ofHan Nationality’s officials. In this period, a few of Han Nationality’s officials began own thereusing of Qidan dominator. But see from the totality, most of Han Nationality’s officialscould not enter the main center of Liao Dynasty, and the influence was limited. In themid-term of Liao Dynasty, the power of Han Nationality’s officials was expand. In this period,the influence of Han Nationality’s officials on Liao politics was strengthen, and the proportionof Han officials in main center was increase. In the later period of Liao Dynasty, Han officialsand Liao officials administered a country together. Not only the political power of HanNationality’s officials was powerful, but also can controlled the situation. The reason of thechanges of Han officials’ political status can divided into five aspects: the need of LiaoDynasty’s social development, carry out the imperial examination, the confucian’s sense of tobe an official of Han officials, the changes of Han officials sense of nationality and theimprovement of Han officials’ economical status.The change of Han officials’ political status illustrated that because the lords of Qidanacknowledged the institutions of system and they recognized the use of Han Officials’ to Liaodynasty. The culture of the central plains of China effected that of Qidan more and moredeeply, at the same time, speeded the nationality integration. The Han officials of talents onadminister a country promote the development of economic and the steady of society. So thatimprove the political power of Han nationality officials.