十六国北朝时期祖源攀附现象考论

十六国北朝时期，伴随着少数民族纷纷南下并建立不同政权，如何在汉文明地区加强其政权的执政合法性便成为统治者在意识形态的构建中不得不考虑的问题。少数民族在祖源认同方面的变化，尤其是五胡攀附华夏族祖先黄帝（或炎帝）乃是少数民族入主中原后意识形态建构的重要内容，也是对先秦以来对汉文明认同的具体历史实践过程的进一步发展。另外，南下中原的少数民族的汉化过程，实质也就是其族群历史记忆的诠释与再诠释过程。

On the Phenomenon of Ancestral Identification in the Northern Dynasty

In the Northern Dynasty, with different ethnic minorities moving to the south and establishing their regime, the rulers had to consider in their ideological construction how to strengthen the legitimacy of the regime in the region of the Han civilization. As an important part of their ideological construction, some changes occurred in the ancestral identification of the ethnic minorities. A case in point was Wuhu （the five northern minorities including the Hun, Xianbei, and others） identified themselves as the descendants of Emperor Huangdi or Yandi （two ancestors of the nationality of Han）.