于越族源问题及“越为禹后”说新论

The Origin of Yuyue Clan and Yue People Being Descendants of Yu the Great

关于于越的族源问题,学界大致有"越为土著""越为禹后""楚越同祖""三苗后裔""非洲古猿"五说。从现有文献及考古发现看,"越为土著"应是代表观点。"楚越同祖"说与"三苗后裔"说是后人对史书记载的误读和讹传,"非洲古猿"说则存在明显悖论。"越为禹后"应理解为越国建立初期越王无余为夏禹后裔,但自无壬之后,越王之族属已转为越地土著,时间约在夏商易代之际或稍后,故越王勾践为夏禹后裔的论断是错误的。

On the origin of Yuyue people, there are generally five hypotheses in the academic field, namely, ＂Yue people are the aborigines＂, ＂Yue people are the descendants of Yu the Great＂, ＂Chu and Yue people are of the same descent＂, ＂Yue people are the descendants of three Miao minority groups＂ and ＂Yue people are of the ancient African ape descent＂. From the existing literature and archaeological findings, the first hypothesis is a representative view. The third and fourth hypotheses are people＇ s misinterpretation and mis- information of the historical records. The last hypothesis is an apparent paradox. When it comes to the sec- ond hypothesis, we can understand it as follows： In the early establishment of Yue state, King Wuyu was a descendant of Yu the Great; but since King Wuren, the king＇ s clan has become indigenous in the Yue region around the period when the Xia dynasty took place of the Shang dynasty or a few years later than that ; it follows that the hypothesis turns out a mistaken concept.