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A Preliminary Study of the Xixia Descendants among the “Da Guan” in Baoding Garrisons

  • Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University
  • 2024, 81(2), pp.153-170
  • DOI : 10.17326/jhsnu.81.2.202405.153
  • Publisher : Institute of Humanities, Seoul National University
  • Research Area : Humanities > Other Humanities
  • Received : April 10, 2024
  • Accepted : May 10, 2024
  • Published : May 31, 2024

Xu Cheng 1

1南开大学

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ABSTRACT

Recently, academic circles have put forward the view that the latest descendant of Xixia in Hebei area is Li Fen, who was active in Jinzhou during the Wanli period, but this view is based on the misreading of the relevant historical materials of stele inscriptions, so it needs to be discussed again. Although this statement is problematic, it is possible that there are ethnic groups related to the descendants of the Xixia Dynasty in Hebei Province. For example, among the military officers in Baoding, Hebei Province in the Ming Dynasty, there was a “Da Guan” Chai family who had close contacts with the descendants of the Xixia Dynasty. The Chai family actively participated in the activities of Tibetan Buddhism in Xingshan Temple, and many of their family names appeared on the Xixia inscriptions in Xingshan Temple. In the early Ming Dynasty, a considerable number of Mongolian and Semu adherents of the Yuan Dynasty were incorporated into the garrison, and their military officers were called “Da Guan.” Among the “Da Guan” in Baoding area of Hebei Province, there are the Chai and An families who moved in from the northwest beyond the Great Wall. Among them, the Chai clan was closely related to the Xingshan Temple in Baoding, and there were people in the clan who gave alms to build the temple, and there were also clansmen who were listed in the Xixia Sutra Building. The Chai clan may be Mongolians who had deep contacts with the adherents of the Xixia Dynasty, or even the descendants of Dangxiang. The succession of these dignitaries lasted until the Chongzhen period of the late Ming Dynasty, which was a representative group of people associated with the Xixia Dynasty recorded in the original archives of the Ming Dynasty.

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