A Brief Discussion on the Duality of the Construction of National Identity in Yuan Dynasty
The construction of dynasty and national identity is an important issue in ancient Chinese his-tory.Because it is closely related to the shaping of the legitimacy and authority of the new regime,it has always been attached great importance by the rulers.In this process,the group of scholars usually plays a cru-cial role.Compared with the traditional Central Plains dynasty,the Yuan Dynasty,as the first"unified"feudal dynasty in the north and south established by ethnic minorities in Chinese history,showed obvious duality in its national identity construction mode,that is,there were two different and mutually integrated dynastic and nation-al identity construction modes,namely,"Northern"identity and"Chinese"identity.However,these two modes belong to the category of the pluralistic and integrated political and cultural identity of the Chinese nation and are two sides of it.In short,the Yuan Dynasty made an outstanding historical contribution to the diversified ex-pansion and transformation of the spiritual history of Chinese civilization identity.