阿保机登可汗位之后，迅疾开始征讨位于今锡林郭勒盟一带的黑车子室韦，降服其八部。后梁开平五年，阿保机亲率大军对奚族进行征服战争，先攻克西奚地，接着分兵征讨东奚获得完胜，从此与契丹人同族异部的奚族举族臣服。
皇太子耶律倍，虽然是土生土长的契丹人，但自幼跟随父亲接触的汉旋文人比较多，因而受了一定程度的汉化，性格温文尔雅，精通诗词歌画，他这种艺术特质，即便放在中原也不是皇帝的上好人选，更何况在以“彪。悍”为荣耀的契丹。
Today， one of the masks， as worn by the princess， is on view at the Suzhou Museum in Suzhou city， East China’s Jiangsu province， in an exhibition titled La Bella in the Northern Land. “These were no average beauties， but princesses and royal consorts whose elevated status meant much more than a luxurious lifestyle，” says Xu Xincheng， the exhibition’s curator.
