王士性《广志绎》所见民族接触现象解析

Research on Ethnic Contact in Guang Zhi Yi

明人王士性一度在西南诸省任职,对当地的民族关系有着比较深刻的认识,这在其史料笔记《广志绎》中可以看出。梳理《广志绎》的相关史实,从民族接触的形式、程度、影响因素等方面揭示该书所反映的明代西南地区民族接触的真实情况:不同地区民族接触的形式、程度不一;政治政策、经济贸易等是推动民族接触的积极因素,自然地理环境则有可能阻碍民族接触;民族接触对语言词汇、习俗等产生或多或少的影响。这既可以凸显史料笔记在民族接触研究上的价值,也可以为民族之间的语言接触研究提供重要的文献语料。

Wang Shixing(1547-1598),a Ming Dynasty scholar,served office in various southwestern provinces and had a profound understanding of local ethnic relations,as can be seen in his historical notes Guang Zhi Yi.This paper sorts out the relevant historical facts of Guang Zhi Yi to reveal the true situation of ethnic contact in the southwestern region of the Ming Dynasty reflected in the book from the forms,degrees,and influencing factors of ethnic contact.The forms and degrees of ethnic contact vary across regions,and political policies,economy and trade are positive factors that promote ethnic contact,while natural geographical environment may hinder it.Ethnic contact affects language,vocabulary,and customs and other factors have a greater or lesser impact.This can not only highlight the value of historical notes in the study of ethnic contact issues,but also provide important documentary materials for language contact between the Han and other minority ethnic groups.