Study On The Adoption Of The Qidan Familys In Liao Dynasty

The adoption behavior of the Qidan familys originated from the inheritance custom of the northern peoples in ancient China.Besides,the Qidan people had a deep concept of offspring,which laid a realistic foundation for the generation of the adoption system of the Qidan familys.After the establishment of the Liao dynasty,the Qidan rulers regarded themselves as the Chinese orthodox and absorbed the central plains Han civilization,especially the Confucian civilization.The concept of respecting Confucianism,practicing filial piety and paying attention to the succession of children laid a cultural foundation for the improvement of the adoption system of the Qidan familys.The implementation object of the Qidan familys' adoption behavior was called the subject and object of the adoption.The inheritance object had the right to inherit the ancestral memorial and the adoptive father's property,and also had the duty to take care of the adoptive parents.On the basis of comprehensive consideration,the way of the adoption of the Qidan familys can be classified as the traditional adoption,such as the clansman adoption and the non-clansman adoption.According to the characteristics of the adoption system of the Qidan familys,it can be divided into three types: childless adoption,with children's adoption and emperor's rewards.Take Xiao Siwen adopted Xiao Jiyuan as an example,after Xiao Jiyuan inherited Xiao Siwen,he experienced the ups and downs of the political environment.For protecting Xiao Siwen's family,Xiao Jiyuan did his best,finally made Xiao Siwen's family re-emerged at the end of the Liao dynasty.So it had become a model of the with children's adoption.On the other hand,the YeLu long yun's family had inherited the ancestral temple for seven times until the end of the Liao dynasty,so it was a typical combination of the childless adoption and the emperor's rewards.