@article{d39b002c240647a5a7e9dc08a220744b,
title = "STELES and STATUS: EVIDENCE for the EMERGENCE of A NEW ELITE in YUAN NORTH CHINA",
abstract = "Drawing on stele inscriptions in a Yuan-period ancestral graveyard, this article aims to shed light on the emergence and evolution of a Chinese office-holding family in North China under Mongol rule (thirteenth- to fourteenth century). Tracing the family's connections with Mongols, it argues that adaptation to the Mongolian patronage system was essential to obtaining and maintaining political status during the Yuan, and that the kin group was stratified with the patronized descent line monopolizing political privilege. In doing so, the article highlights the value of stone inscriptions in clarifying official status, patronage, and inheritance rights in North China during the Yuan period.",
keywords = "Genealogical stele, Genjiao, Mongol rule, North China, Yuan",
author = "Tomoyasu Iiyama",
note = "Funding Information: * The field trip to write this article was made possible by the research project “ Shilin guangji and Study on Society of the Song, Jin, Yuan, and Ming Dynasties” (funded by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities). Iiyama Tomoyasu Waseda Institute for Advanced Study , e-mail: tyama618@gmail.com 16 11 2016 01 2017 1 1 3 26 Copyright {\textcopyright} Cambridge University Press 2016 2016 Cambridge University Press Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 Cambridge University Press.",
year = "2017",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1017/jch.2016.1",
language = "English",
volume = "1",
pages = "3--26",
journal = "Journal of Chinese History",
issn = "2059-1632",
publisher = "Cambridge University Press",
number = "1",
}