魏晋南北朝的“异国寻亲”

"Searching for Kinsfolk in Foreign Land" in Wei,Jin and the Northern and Southern Dynasties

魏晋南北朝时期,亲人被迫分居异国是普遍存在的现象,寻亲异国以求团聚是社会的普遍心理要求。一般的家庭毫无条件寻找亲人,只有少数家庭,或因有一定数量的财产可资寻亲,或因有人身居要职,可动用国家的外交手段,寻找到了自己的亲人。而异国政府有时也以其亲人为筹码,进行政治交易。魏晋南北朝中后期,政府有放还俘获生口或俘虏的政策,这有利于亲人团聚,但也仅是偶尔之举。

During Wei,Jin and the Northern and Southern dynasties,it was a common social psychological requirement to search for kinsfolk in foreign land,as it was a widespread phenomenon that family members were forced to live in different states.Ordinary families had no conditions to find their family members.Only few of them with considerable property were able to do so,or with family members holding high offices who were capable to utilize diplomatic means.But foreign states now and then use the held family members as hostages for political deal.In the middle and later periods of the Wei,Jin and the Northern and Southern dynasties,there were policies of releasing citizen or captives of foreign states,which is beneficial to their family reunion,but these policies were rarely carried out.