In Jin Yong's novel "Tianlong Babu", the male protagonist Qiao Feng is a Khitan man, he has feelings and righteousness, strong martial arts, living in the Song Dynasty, and the Khitan people happen to be the sworn enemies of the Northern Song Dynasty, so later when her identity was discovered by everyone, many people respected him, this is because at that time, the Khitan people were rumored to be cruel and tyrannical, but they were indeed strong, brave and good at war.
During the Song Dynasty, the economic center of gravity moved south, the northern regions were very underdeveloped in both agriculture and commerce, and the Khitan people lived in the northeast region, in this era of farming with the small peasant economy as the center of gravity, the area they lived in was not dominant at first, although the environment was harsh, they still survived by relying on the way of half farming and half pastoralism, and it was precisely because of this special living environment that the people of the Khitan nation were brave and good at war.
At that time, the situation in the Central Plains was turbulent, and there were wars everywhere, and the Khitan leader Yelü Abaoji unified the northern region with his excellent leadership ability and extraordinary skills of the Khitan nation, and at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the country was founded here, called Liao, because Yelü Abaoji was far-sighted and broad-minded, he discarded discrimination between ethnic groups, made good use of talented Han people, he formulated laws, developed agriculture and commerce, and governed the country smoothly, laying a good foundation for the development of the Liao state.
Later, Yelü Deguang expanded its territory, fought everywhere, and expanded the territory of the Liao State again, and at the time of Empress Xiao, the strength of the entire Liao State developed to its peak, and the entire northeast region and its northern part were the territory of the Liao State, and the Liao State became the largest and most powerful country at that time.
But everything will not always be in the peak state, since Empress Xiao, the Liao state has become weaker and weaker, the development is getting worse and worse, the chief is no longer as wise as before, there are fewer and fewer generals with outstanding talents, and what is even more unfavorable is that the opponent has risen to the top of the Yan dynasty and invaded the Liao state, and at this time the Liao state is already crumbling and on the verge of national destruction.
Fortunately, at this time, the Liao state also had a brave and scheming general, this person was Yelü Dashi, who had excellent military skills and led the Liao state to defeat the Southern Song Dynasty and other countries, but because the strength of the Liao state was not as good as before, so in the end Yelü Dashi still ended in failure.
But the road of heaven is invincible, on the way to escape from Yelü Dashi, he encountered the 20,000 troops of the Liao State that had been stationed in the western frontier before, so he made a comeback, established the Western Liao here, and established a derivative new country, and Yelü Dashi was well trained in the army, although the Jurchen clan was strong, other countries also had good national strength, yelü Dashi still made a name for himself with his own ability.
However, after the death of this capable leader, the Liao state once again had no successor, the Khitan crowd was leaderless, and finally defeated by Genghis Khan, the country was broken and the family died, they began to live in exile, the great disaster was about to fly separately, in the later long period of time, there was no whereabouts of the Khitan people in history, and therefore some people were confused, did they perish? Not really.
After the fall of the Liao State, these Khitan people had no relatives and could only live in anonymity, they integrated into the society of other ethnic groups, married and had children with others, and became one of the million ordinary people, most of whom went west to live in the Kerman region of Iran, where they had long been assimilated by the people there.
With the development of genetic technology, through DNA technology identification, experts have found that the current Daur ethnic group is a direct descendant of the Khitan ethnic group, and some people in the Yunnan region are also Khitan descendants.
So in fact, after the fall of the Liao State, the Khitan people fled everywhere, leaving their bloodlines in different places, so now there will be their descendants, these people can also be regarded as recognizing their ancestors, but now there is no Khitan classification, the descendants of the Khitan people still have to live in the present, live their own lives.