Inheritance and Change:the Ethnological Viewpoint of Wuhu Dynasties in the Period of Sixteen-Countries
In the Period of Sixteen-Countries,the political foundation of the Wuhu Dynasties was relatively weak.Severe diver-gences existed among different ethnic groups.And the political identification of the Yi-Xia dynasties in Zhongzhou was in cri-sis.In order to reinforce their political power,the Wuhu Dynasties strengthened the prevention and control of their subjects,and implemented the policy of"Changing Yi into Xia",to construct a kind of homogeneous political identification.The kings of the Wuhu Dynasties had culturally and politically reformed themselves and all the Hu ethnic groups that had moved into the Zhongyuan area,aiming at the indentification of Huaxia and Zhongguo,and had greatly sped up the ethnical melting process of Northern China at that time.This was very different from the Huaxia dynasties's traditional strategy,which would"educate the Hu groups without changing their traditions".On the other side,during the process of"Changing Yi by Xia",the Wuhu Dynas-ties had reformed the traditional ethnical viewpoints of China,which had promoted the inclusion mentality and cohesive force of Zhonghua in the latter generations.
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