胡人入华是中国中古时期极为重要的历史事件,向来备受学界关注。检诸文献,“胡”字早在战国时期的典籍中即已出现,并且自汉至唐,胡人形象在造型艺术中大量出现,为我们解读中外文化交流的历史提供了重要资料。迄今为止,汉晋、隋唐时期的胡人图像学界多有关注,并产生了大量颇有见地的研究论著。然而,处于汉唐之间的北朝胡人图像长期以来却少人关注。这一方面与实物、文献资料的缺乏有关,更重要的 Barbarism into China is an extremely important historical event in the middle ages of China. It has always attracted much attention from the academic circles. From the Han to Tang dynasties, the image of barbarians appeared in a great quantity in the art of molding, which provided important information for us to interpret the history of the cultural exchange between China and foreign countries. So far, the Han, Jin, Sui and Tang Dynasties of the Hu Ren image academic attention, and produced a lot of insightful research. However, the Northern Dynasties images of Han people between Han and Tang dynasties have long been concerned by fewer people. On the one hand, it is more important than the lack of material objects and literature