20世纪前半期杨成志西南民族研究述论

Yang Chengzhi's Southwestern Ethnic Studies in the First Half of the 20^(th) Century

西南民族调查与研究是20世纪前半期中国学术的一大热点,杨成志从1928年的滇川调查开始,致力于西南民族研究,两度出洋留学考察,博采欧美学术,并以中山大学为依托,训练出一批研究西南民族的杰出人才,中山大学因而成为西南民族研究的重镇,杨成志也成为西南民族调查与研究的先驱。

Investigations and researches of ethnic peoples in southwest China had been one of the academic focuses of the country in the first half of the 20^th century. Mr. Yang Chengzhi, since his investigations on Yunnan and Sichnan in 1928, had been dedicated to the studies of southwest China＇ s ethnic peoples. Taking advantage of his academic experiences in Europe and America, he taught and worked in Sun Yat - sen University, having trained an array of excellent scholars in this field. Accordingly, Sun Yat - sen University became an important center in the studies of southwest China＇s ethnic peoples, with Mr. Yang as a forerunner.