百年来匈奴族历史地理研究综述

Summary of Research on Historical Geography of the Hun Nationality

匈奴是北方草原上一个历史悠久的游牧民族,影响了当时欧亚大陆的历史进程。最早开启匈奴历史地理研究的是清末学者丁谦。自此以后,关于匈奴族历史地理研究越来越引起学界关注。百年来,研究范围涉及匈奴族的相关地名考证、城址考证、人口数量、行政区划以及民族迁徙与分布等方面,成绩斐然,其中,在匈奴族筑城问题等方面学界已达成共识,但仍需借助新发现、新技术、新观点,加强匈奴族历史地理的研究。

The Hun Nationality belongs to nomadic people with a long history very active on the northern grasslands in China,having exerted much greater influence on the course of history in Asia and Europe at that time. Ding Qian,a scholar in the late Qin Dynasty,was the first to start the research on the historical geography of the Hun Nationality. Afterwards,its research has aroused increasing attention among scholars. Over a century,noticeable achievements have been made about its research,ranging from verifying relevant names of places,town sites,the number of population,administrative division to its migration and distribution,and the like. Scholars have reached an agreement on their city fortification and other problems,however,the research on the historical geography of the Hun Nationality still needs strengthening,with the help of new discovery,techniques and ideas.