answer:Royals still married royals or nobles for the most part. However, marriages usually occurred within a culture (Chinese marrying Chinese) as opposed to between two different cultures (Chinese marrying a Korean) e.g. Han WuDi of China married Chen Jiao, daughter of a marquis Tang TaiZong married Zhangsun, daughter of a general Nobunaga (Japanese emperor) married Nohima, daughter of a warlord