Tohari ili Sarbi -Xianbei nisu Sloveni.
Po Renfrew-u Tohari su pre 7000 odselili sa Balkana na Istok preko ruskih stepa i stigli do Sibira.
Postoji verovatnoca da je jedna grupa Tohara preko Aljaske stigla u Ameriku.
The many Shizhu (scholar aristocracy) of Tang dynasty were of Xianbei originals. They were sinifized Xianbei to be more precise. The Xianbei were not turkic people
History of Xianbei
The Xianbei (鲜卑) is a group of nomadic people/tribe that dwelled in north-east China in ancient times (around 300 AD). These northern people were, strictly speaking, not considered turkic people. They were one of the tribes that originated from the ancient eastern Hu people 东胡人 (around 200 BC) and who migrated to the Xianbei mountain in the north-east China (Manchuria region). Thereafter due to the name of „Xianbei” region/mountain, they came to be known as the „Xianbei” people.
The Xianbei were once subjected to the rule of the XiongNu (匈奴), a northern people who dominated Mongolia and Northern China from 250 BC - 300 AD. Due to several migration westwards and southwards to inner mongolia, about 100,000 XiongNu joined the migration. The Xianbei later mixed wtih the XiongNu, Dingling (丁零), Wuhuan (乌桓), han-chinese etc. to form different new groups [Dingling was an ancient turkic people, while Wuhuan was one of the tribes originating from eastern Hu people]. The main new groups formed include Eastern Xianbei (东部鲜卑) and Tuoba Xianbei (拓跋鲜卑).
Out of the Eastern Xianbei, tribes such as Yuwen tribe (宇文部), Duan tribe (段部), Murong tribe (幕容部) started migrating southwards and established several kingdoms during the Age of Fragmentation (from 300 AD onwards).
The Tuoba Xianbei, on the other hand, was a result of a mix between the original Xianbei and the XiongNu. According to research, 'Tuoba' means (in northern language) 'descendents of Xianbei father and XiongNu mother'. Ever since han dynasty, the Tuoba Xianbei started migrating southwards towards inner China and absorbed some of the han-chinese's culture. They later developed into a strong northern people.
In 386 AD, Tuoba Xianbei established the Northern Wei kingdom. Northern Wei later conquer all the various states in northern China during the Age of Fragmentation and in 439 AD unifed the whole of Northern China. Together with the Liu-Song in the south, China entered into the north-south dynasties period.
From then onwards, these northern nomads began to change their lifestyles from that of nomadics to agriculture.
In 471 AD, Northern Wei's Emperor Xiao Wendi (孝文帝) was enthroned. Because he was only 5 years old, his Grandma Empress Feng (冯太后) took charge of the court. She was the 1st han-chinese lady to be crowned as Northern Wei's Empress and she carried out a large political and economic reform, including a gradual sinification policy that convert the Xianbei to han-chinese, and from nomads to farmers. When Emperor Xiao Wendi came into power at the age of 24, he carried out an even more thorough sinification policy .
The sinification policy of Emperor Xiao Wendi includes:
1. Move of capital from Chengpin (in Shanxi province) to Luoyang. This caused a million Xianbei and other northern people to migrate to central China.
2. The costumes of the Xianbei and other „hu” people were forbidden.
3. The Xianbei language was forbidden and not to be spoken in the court. Only the han-language was allowed
4. He ordered that the family names of Tuoba xianbei to be changed to that of Han.
5. He encouraged Xianbei to marry and mix with Han-chinese. He himself ordered his han-chinese generals to marry their daughters to his 6 brothers.
The Northern Wei lasted for 1/2 century. In 534, it splitted into Eastern Wei and Western Wei. Later, from these two dynasties came the northern Qi and Northern Zhou, who were founded by Xianbeinized Han-chinese „Gao” and Yuwen. All of these were later unified by Sui dynasty. The Xianbei and other northern people such as XiongNu, Wuhuan etc later all become part of the han-chinese.
Many of the great people of Sui and Tang dynasty were descendents of sinifized Xianbei people.
For the founder of Sui dynasty, the mother/wive's side the Yang family were sinifized Xianbei.
As for the founder of Tang dynasty, the mother/wive's side of the Li Family were also sinifized Xianbei. As for their prime ministers, there were about 20 sinifized Xianbei.
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