民族学刊

北朝公主婚姻关系及其演变，是各民族通过血脉相融构建中华民族共同体的生动写照。北魏初年制定“诸公主皆釐降于宾附之国”原则，推动了“代人”团体的凝合。北魏中期为适应王朝改革的政治需求，确立公主门第婚准则，推进了北方社会文化的整合。北齐、北周公主婚嫁涉及北镇新贵、中原士族、边疆首领等多种政治实体，其中高氏公主婚媾对象基本取自怀朔军功集团，宇文公主婚嫁择取则涵括当时主要的政治力量，这为北周统一北齐增添了获胜砝码，促进了北朝后期胡汉一家格局的统合。北朝公主通婚的阶段化演进历程，揭示了各民族血脉交融与中华民族共同体形成的深层逻辑：其一，族际通婚是政治整合的柔性纽带，有助于凝聚国家认同；其二，血脉交融有助于推动文化认同，打破族群界限形成文化共识；其三，多元包容是中华民族共同体发展的活力源泉，是维系共同体繁荣稳定的重要保障。

The marriages of princesses in the Northern Dynasty serves as a significant historical witness to all ethnic groups in building a Chinese national community through the blend of blood-lines. This paper systematically examines the evo-lution of marriage relationships of princesses in the Northern Dynasty and their role in fostering nation-al integration. Furthermore, it reveals the histori-cal process and practical rationale underlying the political integration and cultural integration of the Northern Dynasty through strategic marriage alli-ances, providing a unique perspective for under-standing the formation of the Chinese nation as a community.During the reign of Emperor Daowu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the principle of intermar-riage was established, stipulating that “all princes-ses should marry into vassal states”, expanding the marriage choices for the Tuoba princesses beyond the northern Hu peoples to include various ethnici-ties from both the northern and southern Hu as well as the Han, thereby strengthening the influence of the Dairen ruling group. The intermarriage network between the Sima Chuzhi family clan of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Tuoba, Tufa and Qifu clans of Xianbei vividly illustrates the role of Hu-Han inter-marriage in integrating the political unity. With the unification of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Emperor Wencheng and Xiaowen successively carried out reforms of the marriage system, establishing crite-ria for princesses' marriages based on family sta-tus, including the Han gentry within the intermar-riage system. Following Emperor Xiaowen's re-forms, Xianbei nobles and Han gentry achieved cultural confluence through marriage alliances. No-tably, the union of Wang Su from Langya and Princess Chenliu( sister of Emperor Xiaowen) played a crucial role in institutional reforms of the Northern Wei Dynasty, thereby confirming the role of princess marriages in facilitating cultural integration between the north and the south. This inter-marriage strategy broke the ethnic boundaries, uni-fied Xianbei nobles and Han scholars during the Wei and Jin dynasties, and accelerated the cultural merger of northern society. Throughout the North-ern Qi and Northern Zhou dynasties, the marriages of princesses involved a variety of political entities, including new nobility from Beizhen, the royal family of Tuoba, major clans in Shandong and prominent families from Guanlong.This multi-tiered intermarriage strategy ena-bled the Northern Zhou Dynasty to effectively in-tegrate Hu and Han forces and laid a foundation for the unification of the Northern Qi Dynasty. The in-termarriage of princesses in the Northern Dynasties evolved from political alliances to cultural integra-tion. In the early Northern Wei Dynasty, the Dairen ruling group was strengthened by the infu-sion of external bloodlines; during the middle peri-od, the cultural integration of Hu and Han was fur-ther promoted by marriage based on family status, while the Northern Qi and Northern Zhou Dynasties achieved political consolidation through marriages. Throughout this process, the “ blood network ” formed by marriage not only recalibrated the power dynamics within the Northern dynastic regimes but also eliminated cultural barriers separating the Hu and Han, thereby contributing to the “Hu and Han as one family” pattern. Ultimately, the process and influence of marriages of princesses in the Northern Dynasty show that the integration of di-verse ethnic people groups is a historical corner-stone of the formation of the Chinese national com-munity, facilitating the unification process of a multi-ethnic country through a mutual construction of politics and culture.