唐代西州家庭中的胡奴婢

Hun Maids in the Families in Western States in the Tang Dynasty

奴婢是唐代西州人口的重要组成部分,其中,老、丁、中、小、黄各色皆有。包括突厥奴婢在内的胡奴婢广泛存在于唐代西州社会,而且有相当数量。战功赏赐与奴隶买卖是胡奴婢进入西州家庭的重要渠道。在汉人家庭中,胡奴婢地位卑贱,除了承担各种家庭差使之外,他们还要从事农业生产劳动。

Maids were an important part of the population in the western states in the Tang Dynasty,including miscellaneous trades and races,such as elders,hands,middle-aged,youngsters and the yellow.There were great numbers of Hun maids,including Turk maids,in the society of the western states,who entered into families in western states mainly by reward for military credits and slave trade.Those Hun maids were inferior in Chinese families,doing farming work in addition to housekeeping drudgery.