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This book studies the activities of groups other than the Han people described in epitaphs from the medieval period (centered on the Tang Dynasty). The author has long been committed to the study of Tang history. This manuscript is a specific result of the "985 Project" construction project of the Chinese Ethnic History Department of the School of History and Culture, Minzu University of China. Some of the articles have been published in core publications.

This manuscript is the final result of the National Social Science Foundation project "Ethnic Relations and Cultural Identity Issues in the Tang Dynasty as Seen in Epitaphs" (Grant No.: 09BZS038; completed in June 2015). This book selects the cases of the three ethnic groups of Gaoche, Tuoba, Tuguhun and Sogdiana as examples, combines epitaph materials with handed down documents, and fully refers to the existing research results of Chinese and foreign counterparts. It is divided into three chapters to conduct a relatively in-depth research on the activities of foreign ethnic groups in the Central Plains and the Han Dynasty during the Tang Dynasty and the Hu-Han relations they reflected. It aims to explain the various appearances and causal connections of the multi-ethnic development trend in the Tang Dynasty, and then reflect the main theme of the society of that era.