《哀牢传》:民族交往需要的历史耦合

Ailao Biography: Historical Coupling of National Association's Need

对西南边疆民族研究来说,《哀牢传》也是一篇很重要的民族学文献。哀牢归汉的根本动机可能是为了借助汉朝政府的赏赐与封号强化哀牢人的民族认同,保持哀牢民族的继续生存与发展。从民族交往需要来看,民族统一需要对异民族进行田野调查。哀牢民族的民族认同与汉朝政府的民族统一在民族学的沟通手段上形成了一种历史契合,因此,民族志也就必然会成为解决民族统一的最佳沟通手段。《哀牢传》的诞生就是民族交往历史耦合的需要所导致的。

for the national research of southwest borderland,Ailao biographyis also a very important ethnology document.The basic motive that Ailao attributed to the Han government is probably to strengthen the national identification of Ailao person by aid of the award and conferring of Han government and to keep the continue survival and development of Ailao person.The national unity need have the field investigation on the other nations from the national association point of view.The national identification of Ailao person and the national unity of Han government had formed a kind of history conjunction in the connect means of ethnology.Hence,the national journal is sure to become the best connect means to solve the national unity.The production ofAilao biographyis resulted by the need of national association＇s historical coupling.