A Practical Study on the Split and Migration of Tribes in the Liao Dynasty
Splitting and migrating tribes is an important measure in the Liao Dynasty to strengthen tribal governance.During the period of Yao Nian Zu Wu Khan(遥辇阻午可汗),the State Minister NiLi had split tribes to weaken non-core tribal forces,making DieLa tribe stronger,which laid its military dictatorship foundation.After the establishment of the Liao Dynasty,Emperor Taizu further split DieLa tribe to strengthen the imperial power.Emperor Shengzong continued to use this method to weaken the tribe power.In the later period of Liao Dynasty,this practice failed.Jurchen tribes gradually unified other tribes and established a community of Jurchen people with Wanyan tribe as the core.The Liao Dynasty was eventually replaced by the Jin regime established by Jurchen.