清水江流域民族交往交流交融的多层面例证——《贵州清水江文书·剑河文书》代序

Multifaceted Evidence of Ethnic Interactions,Exchanges,and Integration in the Qingshuijiang Basin:A Preface toThe Qingshuijiang Manuscripts of Guizhou:Jianhe Manuscripts

剑河县档案馆藏有近两万件契约文书,系清水江文书的重要组成部分。由于剑河县历史时期属于“生苗地界”,其地产生的契约文书等民间历史文献,较之清水江下游天柱、锦屏等地,更具备民族交往交流交融之特征。不管是时间脉络,还是内容书写,无不展示了一幅生动的民族交往交流交融图景。当然,其文献价值和现实意义,也会随着文书的出版,而逐渐显现出来。

The Jianhe County Archives houses nearly 20,000 contractual documents,which form a significant part of the Qingshuijiang Manuscripts.Historically,Jianhe County was designated as a“frontier Miao territory,”making its contractual documents and other folk historical records distinctively characterized by the interactions,exchanges,and integration among ethnic groups,particularly when compared to areas downstream of the Qingshuijiang,such as Tianzhu and Jinping.Both the chronological context and the content of these documents present a vivid picture of ethnic interactions,exchanges,and integration.Furthermore,the historical and practical value of these manuscripts will become increasingly apparent as they are published.