甥舅之谊:唐朝回鹘和亲与中华民族共同体的构建

Friendship of Nephews and Uncles:The Pacificatory Intermarriages between Tang Dynasty and Uighur Khanate and the Construction of Community for Chinese Nation

唐朝大力推行和亲政策,其内容和形式、深度和广度都远超前代,并与周边主要民族政权缔结了稳定的“甥舅”关系,极大地促进了各民族交往交流交融及其对唐朝的政治认同,增强了中华民族共同体的凝聚力,有效维护了“大一统”的政治秩序。其中,唐朝与回鹘之间的和亲及其“甥舅”关系的建立无疑最具代表性。二者以和亲为纽带,结成休戚与共的命运共同体,构建了血浓于水的“甥舅之谊”和历史记忆,并在此基础上通过共构政治格局、共塑经济秩序、共享社会文化等途径,强化了回鹘对中原王朝的认同,促进了中原与边疆的一体化进程,进而为中华民族共同体的凝聚与发展奠定了坚实而长久的基础。作为中国古代各民族交往交流交融的重要形式和路径,和亲不仅在中华各民族的凝聚和一体化过程中发挥了独特的作用,而且具有深厚的“和合”思想底蕴,体现出中华文明突出的连续性、创新性、统一性、包容性、和平性。

The Pacificatory Intermarriages is one of the crucial forms and paths of communication and integration between diverse ethnic groups or regimes in ancient China.It not only played a special role in fostering cohesion and inte-gration of all ethnic groups in China,but also occupied a distinctive position in the history of the formation and develop-ment of the Chinese national community,with historical unity and continuity.One generation of the Tang Dynasty vigor-ously promoted the policy of intimacy with neighboring nationalities,surpassing the previous generation in terms of con-tent,form,depth and breadth,This led to the establishment of a stable relationship with neighboring major ethnic regimes,which significantly enhanced the exchanges between ethnic groups in China and their political recognition of the Tang Dy-nasty,This further enhanced the cohesion of the Chinese nation community,and effectively maintained the unified politi-cal order.Notably,the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and Uighur Khanate and the establishment of their“Friend-ship of nephews and uncles”relationship is the most representative;This kinship tie deepened the blood-related fusion be-tween the Central Plains Dynasty and the border ethnic minorities,constructing the close emotion ties and historical mem-ories of the“Friendship of nephews and uncles”,whose blood is thicker than water.Building upon this foundation through co-constructing political structures,sharing social culture and co-molding economic orders,they strengthened the Uighur Khanate recognition of the Central Plains Dynasty,while promoting the integration process between the Central Plains and the border ethnic minorities,and laid a robust long-term foundation for cohesion and development of the Chinese nation community.