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The imperial Li household of the Tang Dynasty had its Xianbei blood linkage.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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For example, nce the Tuoba and the Xianbei adopted Chinese culture they were thoroughly assimilated and now their descendants have no separate identity.
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At the same time, it's worth pointing out that the Xianbei for example were emperors of northern China for close to 150 years in the fifth and sixth centuries, and continued to refer to themselves in their own court documents as "Xianbei."
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There are a number of derogatory ethnonyms coined in the imperial period, and among the most well-known are Xiongnu (匈奴), literally "Hunnish slaves" and Xianbei (鮮卑), literally "low-born people from the Korean peninsula."
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Re: use of Xianbei; arguing because it was used by an ethnic group to refer to themselves that it can have no negative connotations seems a little naive.
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Well, what Xiaolongnu said was that they continued to refer to themselves as Xianbei in their own court documents.
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The real question is, of course, this: I'm teaching a graduate seminar in the fall "Representations of Ethnic Identity in the Visual Culture of Premodern China", in which we look at images of Huns/Xiongnu, Xianbei, Alans, Wuhuan and the rest of that crowd.
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The Xianbei state of Yan attacked Kogury from the north, invaded the capital, took thousands of hostages, and burned down the imperial palace.
6. Korea, to 540 C.E 2001
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The area of what is now Mongolia has been ruled by various nomadic empires, including the Xiongnu, the Xianbei, the Rouran, the Gökturks, and others.
WN.com - Articles related to Big currency swings undesirable: China central bank 2010
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The area of what is now Mongolia has been ruled by various nomadic empires, including the Xiongnu, the Xianbei, the Rouran, the Gökturks, and others.
WN.com - Articles related to Big currency swings undesirable: China central bank 2010
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