瑶族史研究人类学取向的引路人——容观夐先生对瑶族史研究的贡献

The Guide of Anthropological Approach to the History Research of Yao Ethnic Group-Mr.Rong Guanqiong's Contribution to the History Research of Yao Ethnic Group

著名人类学家容观夐教授不仅关注瑶族研究,而且在瑶族史研究提出人类学取向,并身体力行,运用这种方法提出瑶族史的新见解:瑶族源于山越,瑶族在13世纪以前瑶族先民已经在大规模地迁徙居住在以会稽山为中心的闽浙江淮一带,瑶族在明代的迁徙是最为频繁,而且非单向流动,瑶族先祖所谓的"漂洋过海"并不只是湖南的洞庭湖,始发站和目的地也不限于湖南洞庭湖一方,到达的彼岸更多是广东南海和乐昌县境。

Professor Rong Guanqiong, a famous anthropologist, not only paid attention to the study of Yao ethnic group, but also introduced an anthropological perspective in the study of Yao history, which shed new insight on the history of Yao ethnic group: Yao people originated from Shanyue, and before the 13th Century their ancestors had migrated in a large scale and settled down in areas of Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Anhui, which are centered on the Kuaiji Mountain. The most frequent and non-unidirectional migration of this ethnic group took place in the Ming Dynasty. When mentioning their ancestors "crossing the sea", we do not just talk about the Do ng ting Lake in Hunan Province;the starting place and the destination are not limited to the Dongting Lake, either. Instead,the journey more often ended up in Nanhai County and Lechang County of Guangdong Province.