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Potential North Asian influences on Chinese y-chromosome
Topic Started: Dec 12 2007, 07:31:28 PM (495 Views)
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Sinicised northern ethnics of premodern times according to Lewis (pp. 200-1):
- Han period: Xiongnu and non-Han hostages got Chinese names
- northern Wei dynasty: Tuoba elite was ordered by their ruler to adopt Chinese names
- Tang period:
-- the Li family constructed Han ancestry in order to consolidate its imperial rule, similar practices are known from their allies
-- since late Tang elites were devoid of local power bases, they "perished with the Tang government" (p. 206) => that way non-Han eiltes might have become Han commoners (I'm thinking of deviant northern Han y-chromosomes... )
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