文章在考释近年出土的唐故游击将军穆泰墓志铭文的基础上,分析穆泰本人及其先人籍贯、家居、任职等情况,推测穆泰家族源自鲜卑,系北魏孝文帝改鲜卑(贵族)姓为汉姓辗转而来。文中对穆泰等人所任职务、任职地点等在前人相关研究的基础上多有订正和补充,澄清了若干唐史和民族史学界长期存而不明的问题,并以此揭示鲜卑人汉化的具体过程。就穆泰家族而论,因其多在都城西北诸民族势力活动之地,又以武职为显,其家族汉化较之进入内地核心区之鲜卑人汉化之例显有差别,其特征表现在:在融入儒家文化圈的过程中还保留着北方游牧民族文化的若干因子,在物质层面背后还寄托着本民族的某种精神情怀。 On the basis of examining the epitaph of Mutai, a general of guerrillas excavated in recent years, this article analyzes the situation of native place, home and office of Muntai himself and his ancestors. It is presumed that the Muti-Thai family originated from Xianbei, Last name surnamed Han removed from. The article on MuTai et al positions and positions of their predecessors on the basis of more relevant research and more on the basis of correction and clarification of a number of historians and historians of history and the long-term existence of the unknown problem, and thus reveals Xianbei humanization The specific process. As far as the MuTai family is concerned, its family localization is obviously different from that of the Xianbei people who entered the core area of ​​the mainland because of their activities in the northwestern areas of the capital city. They are characterized by: In the process of integrating Confucian culture, there are also some factors that keep the culture of nomadic peoples in the north, and some kind of spiritual feelings of this nation are also placed behind the material level.