Yujiulü clan

The Yujiulü clan (郁久閭氏, reconstructed Middle Chinese: ʔjuk kjǝu ljwo[1]) was the ruling clan of the Rouran Khaganate, which ruled over Northern China, the Mongolian Steppe and Southern Siberia.

Yujiulü
Current region China
 Mongolia
Founded4th century
FounderYujiulü Mugulü
Dissolution555

Origin

According to Book of Wei and History of the Northern Dynasties, the surname Yujiulü is of Donghu origin. The first known Yujiulü was a slave caught by Xianbei leader Tuoba Liwei, who called the captive Mùgúlǘ (木骨閭) - "bald" in the Xianbei language. When Mugulu grew up, Liwei allowed him to serve in the cavalry. For failure to comply with an order (being late), he was sentenced to death. But he fled to the mountains where he gathered another 100 fugitives. They settled in a place called Chuntulin (纯突邻) and became the nucleus of the future Rouran Khaganate. His dynasty was called Yujiulü because it sounded like Mugulü.[2] Róna-Tas suggested that Yujiulü rendered *ugur(i) > Uğur, a secondary form of Oğur.[3]; Peter B. Golden additionally proposed connection with Turkic uğurluğ "feasible, opportune", later "auspicious fortunate" or oğrï "thief", an etymology more suited to the dynasty's founder's activities; additionally Yujiulü may be comparable to Middle Mongolian uğuli "owl" (> Khakha ууль uul'), as personal names based on bird names are common in Mongolic.[4]

Family tree

Other members

Dissolution

Yujiulü clan lost its dominant power in steppe to Ashina tribe in 555. Surviving members of royal clan sinicized, changing their surnames to Lǘ (闾). Some of them even served Sui dynasty, such as Yujiulü Furen (d. 29 November 586).[5] Chinese author Wang Anyi wrote that her mother Ru Zhijuan might be descended from Rouran.[6]

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References
  1. Golden, Peter B. (2018). "The Stateless Nomads of Central Eurasia". Empires and Exchanges in Eurasian Late Antiquity. Empires and Exchanges in Eurasian Late Antiquity: Rome, China, Iran, and the Steppe, ca. 250–750. pp. 317–332. doi:10.1017/9781316146040.024. ISBN 9781316146040. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
  2. Lee, Joo-Yup (2015-12-04). Qazaqlïq, or Ambitious Brigandage, and the Formation of the Qazaqs: State and Identity in Post-Mongol Central Eurasia. BRILL. p. 52. ISBN 9789004306493.
  3. Róna-Tas, András. (1999). Hungarians and Europe in the early Middle Ages : an introduction to early Hungarian history. Budapest: Central European University Press. pp. 210–211. ISBN 9639116483. OCLC 654357432.
  4. Golden, Peter B. "Some Notes on the Avars and Rouran", in The Steppe Lands and the World beyond Them. Ed. Curta, Maleon. Iași (2013). p. 55.
  5. "隋代《郁久闾伏仁墓志》考释-中国文物网-文博收藏艺术专业门户网站" [An Interpretation of the Epitaph of Yujiulü Furen]. www.wenwuchina.com. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
  6. Choy, Howard Yuen Fung (2008). Remapping the Past: Fictions of History in Deng's China, 1979 -1997. BRILL. p. 74. ISBN 9789004167049.
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