Several Issues Of YaoNian Khitan

The academic circles had an ineradicable traditional understanding about thedeveloping clue of the Khitan, since Yuan compiled the Liao History, Khitan hasexperienced three periods, which experienced eight ancient tribes, Dahe and Yaonian.According to the current version of Liao History, the history of the eight ancient tribes isgrossly equivalent to the history of the Northern Dynasty; the development of Dahe andYaonian is closely equivalent to the development of the Tang Dynasty. Among them,Yaonian is a connecting link and a key stage in the whole history of the development ofKhitan Nation after the flourishing Tang Dynasty. Finally, Khitan has been completed thepreparation for establishing Liao on the basis of Tribal Country. The Yuan Dynasty hadconfirmed the authenticity of Yaonian, but we can judge the objective existence of Yaonianby recently discovered Xiao Paolu’s epitaph. Yaonian substituted Dahe is not a concretetime, but a dynamic process, which is start from730years to745years. Wa Khan Qu-Lie isthe first khan of “Nine khan”. A combination of traditional eight tribes with Yaonian inLiao History is not credible. The so called “eight tribes of Yaonian” is not limit eighttribe organizations, in general case, the tribe organizations generally more than eight.Appellation of the Royal Group of the Liao Dynasty-“San-Yelv”, has not apparent beforethe age of Liao Dynasty, but the age of Yaonian, which is structure of Dahe, Yaonian, Shilithree clan systems, is objective existing.