契丹自称“炎黄子孙”考论

A Research on How and Why Khitan Claim Themselves "Chinese Descendants"

契丹自称"炎黄子孙"并非是辽末天祚帝时期由汉族史官耶律俨在纂修《皇朝实录》时附会《魏书.序记》虚构出来,而是契丹人由于受其先祖鲜卑人以及隋唐契丹"化内人"自称"炎黄子孙"、自称"中国"的影响,早在辽太祖建国之初就已经自称"炎黄子孙"了。契丹人自称"炎黄子孙",不无与汉人攀附亲戚之嫌,但他们在自称"炎黄子孙"的同时,并不否认汉人也是"炎黄子孙",具有契丹人和汉人都是"炎黄子孙",都是"中华一体"、"中华一家"中成员的思想意识。

The Khitans claimed that they were not fictitious characters from the Wei Shu·Xu Ji(Preface to the Book of Wei) by the Han official historian Yelvyan of the Tianzuo period of the Liao Dynasty when he compiled Huang Chao Shi Lu(Real Stories in the Royal Courts).Liao Tai Zu claimed himself 'Chinese descendants'when Liao Regime was established under the influence of by his ancestors Sabir and the Khitan submissioners of Sui-Tang Dynasty who had claimed themselves 'Chinese descendants' or 'Chinese'.Their claiming was nothing less than finding close relation with the Chinese.However,the Khitans had the ideas of 'Chinese as a whole' and 'Chinese as a family' as they admitted that the Han people are also Chinese.