肩水金關漢簡“黑色”人羣體研究

On the “Black People”Found in Jianshui Jinguan Han Wooden Strips

居延漢簡中的黑色人信息曾引起臺灣學者的討論。在已公佈的肩水金關簡中有127枚簡涉及一百三十例黑色人的記載。我們認爲,金關簡文中的"黑色"人羣體,有一部分是黑種人,他們生活於西漢中後期,籍貫在中原及河西地區,以河西特别是居延爲集中,多數已經融入當地社會。他們是基層吏卒、編户民和奴僕,逾半數人擁有爵位,其中逾半數人擁有公乘之爵,社會地位相對較高,他們的身材比一般華夏人爲高,是生活於兩千年前的一個特殊羣體。

The information of the black men found in Juyan wooden strips once got great attention from scholars in Taiwan. Recently there were130 subjects found in the 127 published wooden strips excavated in Jianshui Jinguan. The research showed that a high percentage of the black men were Negritos living in the later Western Han Dynasty.They resided in the central plain and Hexi area,especially in Juyan,and most of them were assimilated into the Chinese already. They were low-class clerks,registered citizens,or slaves. More than half were bestowed with titles of some sort,enjoying higher social status. In addition,they were taller than the average Chinese of that time. In a word,they were a special group of people living in China about two thousand years ago.