唐代和亲公主的出身问题

和亲是唐王朝处理民族关系的重要手段。在唐代289年间,曾出现过20位“和亲公主”。从史书记载来看,这些“公主”多非皇帝之女,真正出自皇家的只有6位,其余都是宗室之女、宗室外甥女或功臣之女。虽然这些公主多是“假冒牌”,但其家族都与李唐皇室有着密切的关系,其身份地位与“真公主”并无显著的差别。

On the Origin of Princesses in the Tang Dynasty

It is an important measure for the rulers in the Tang Dynasty to cope with the issue of minority nationality to cement relations with the rulers of minority nationalities in the border areas by marrying the daughters of the Han imperial family to them. During 280 years of the Tang Dynasty, there were altogether 20 princesses of this kind. From historical records, except 6 of these "princesses", all the others were not the daughters of the Han emperors but the girls in the royal clans, most of them were emperors' nieces or the daughters of whose officials with outstanding service to the royal family. Though most of these princesses were "fake ones ", their families all had close relationships with the royal family Li, and their statuses had no marked difference with those of the "genuine princesses".