民主改革前凉山彝族社会的价值取向——以彝族家支头人和家支战争为例

Value Orientation of the Yi Society in the Liangshan Mountains before the Democratic Reform——A Study of the Yi Patriarchal Chieftains and the Patriarchal Wars

民主改革前的凉山彝族保留了较为古老的社会习俗,这些社会习俗体现了一定的社会价值取向。在社会大变革时期,一个民族的社会价值取向是变动的。彝族社会价值取向的变化集中体现在头人选举、家支战争及与其他民族交往过程中。研究凉山彝族头人的产生和消亡、家支战争的起因和结局及与汉族军阀的交往,对于研究彝族社会的核心价值观具有巨大的学术价值和现实意义。

Among the Yi people inhabiting the Liangshan Mountains,the old custom had been kept until the democratic reform,as it represented the social value orientation of the local people to some extent. The value orientation of a people,however,is prone to changes at a time of social upheaval. The value orientation of the Yi people was best displayed in selection of their chieftains,the patriarchal wars and their relation with other peoples and,accordingly,research on the appearance and disappearance of the Yi chieftains,reasons and outcome of the patriarchal wars as well as their interaction with the Han warlords shall be of great academic and social value to the study of the core values of the Yi society.