A Research Of Pei Clan In Hedong Area In The Tang Dynasty

Pei clan in Hedong area is one of the most important aristocratic clans in the Middle Ages.Men of talent come out in succession since the Han Wei and Jin Dynasties.In this paper,we organize the Hedong Pei clan members lifetime,by way of the records in epitaphs and masses of historical materials,in order to recognize their method how to become an official and their network of marriage.Career and marriage have always been the important means for the clan to consolidate their position and maintain social relations.From the northern and Southern Dynasties,Menfa gradually declined,especially during the Sui and Tang Dynasties,with the development of the imperial examination system,many poor enter the official career through the examination,and Menfa’s monopoly on career are broken in further.While the Hedong Pei clan members are capable of conforming to the development of the times.Half of them enter the official career through the imperial examination,which is the main way for them to enter the Office,and the second is menyin.In the marriage network,the Hedong Pei clan keep in close contact with the royal family as a member of Guanlong group.Their marriage is characterized by advocating royal marriage,which is very different from the other clans.In the composition of the marriage network,they have almost no signs of intermarriage with non nobles in the early period of the Tang Dynasty.But this phenomenon begin to appear in the late Tang Dynasty,showing that the clan are beginning to decline,and their marriage concept are also beginning to change.Hope that through this discussion of the official career and marriage of the Hedong Pei clan in the Tang Dynasty,we can deepen our understanding of Menfa in the Tang Dynasty,in order to inspire and develop the medieval nobles research.