中华宗族村社的南海跨境共同体——以闽南语系为主的探析

Traditional Chinese Cross-border Clan Communities in Regions around the South China Sea——An Analysis of the Minnan Dialect Family

南海各地的华东南宗族村社先民,曾经从祖辈思想文化借助养分,将宗族成员依托海丝沿线建立的各处聚落,或散居各处聚落的族人,相互联系成为网络社会,组成家族/宗族的跨境共同体。他们通过这种跨海的社会模式,既是集体社会又是分布各地,以“唐人”自古以来积累的航海技术和经贸优势,共享跨境的信息、人事与资源便利,并且贡献南海多民族生存共同体,促进实质的声气相通,互通有无。这种跨海跨境的开枝散叶,既利于民族交流而又能保证社会一体的实践,维护着子孙不分裂、不独立,也是先民留下的传统的铸牢中华共同体认同的模式,现有待重新回顾,亦是牵涉着回归民族话语的探讨。

With the help of ancestral ideas and culture, the ancestors of clan communities in various parts of southeast China around the South China Sea connected clan members in various settlements established along the marine silk line or those in scattered settlements to establish network society, thus forming a cross-border community of families/clans. Through this cross-sea social mode, they were both a collective society and distributed all over the country, for by sharing the cross-border information, personnel and resources with the maritime technology and economic and trade advantages accumulated by the “Tang people” since ancient times, they contributed to the South China sea multi-ethnic survival community, as well as promoted the substantive communication with each other and mutual exchange of needed goods. This cross-sea and cross-border practice not only facilitates national exchanges but also ensures social integration, maintains the non-division and non-independence of future generations, and is also the traditional model left by the ancestors to forge the identity of the Chinese community. Now the present situation needs to be reviewed, and also involves the discussion of returning to the national discourse.