Liao Dynasty Xiao Xiaogong Ethnic Group And Cultural Characteristics

The cemetery for Xiao Xiaogong, Xiao Xiaozi in Liao Dynasty, all was found inChifeng city Wengniute-kulun territory, according to the unearthed epitaph showed thatXiao Xiaogong and Xiao Xiaozi belongs to the brothers, they are born in the Khitan’s earlyChulude tribal, Liao Dynasty Taizu twenty tribal clear mark of Khitha disappear, is a LiaoDynasty Xi tribal organization of Khitha nationality contains tribe.Since the late20th century, with the Xiao Xiaogong Xiao Xiaozi’s cemetery and thediscovery of the epitaph, Xiao Xiaogong brother’s family and its social background and soon, gradually attention among academics. This article attempts to Xiao Xiaogong brothersfamily and social background of, trying to reveal the Liao Dynasty is a special social andcultural characteristics of the family.Represented by Xiao Xiaogong family special class, was the Khitan indigenous tribalgroups form the inevitable outcome of the highly integrated, is an early national and tribalfusion evolvement of special products, marks the Khitan nationality political system, socialorganization form and evolvement are the fundamental basis for the development ofcultural context.Are specializing in Khitha tribe within article Xi family population is less, about theresearch on the history of Liao Dynasty Xi clan are mostly focused on Xi clan historydescribes the development clues. About Liao Xi clan population problems of Khitan tribe,in addition to the Liaoshi explicitly specify the spine of overlapping of department (Xi clan)composite spine, Xiao Xiaogong brothers the epitaph is to make clear of Liao Dynasty todisappear, belongs to the Xi family sources. Profession many scholars have realized theLiao Dynasty and Khitan clan organization within Xi ethnic population. Therefore, in thispaper, the features of the Liao Dynasty Xiao Xiaogong family clan and culturalcharacteristics, the current academic circles no one from this Angle for Khitan clanorganization within the population of the Xi family carries on the analysis and evaluation,so this paper prepared from the perspective of social life history research form the specialproblems of the development of the Liao Dynasty Xiao Xiaogong family. And attempts tobrother Xiao unearthed epitaph and recorded in the relationship between the familymaterial is given priority to combined with literature research as the leading factor, fromthe analysis of social background, represented by the Liao Dynasty Xiao Xiaogong familyis described in this paper the emergence of the special social stratum. Reveal the Khitanlocal tribal groups within the population of the Xi family social attributes is the maincultural characteristics.