试论百越在中华民族发展史上的重要地位

On the Important Place of Bai Yue Tribe in the Development of Chinese Nation

无论是早期的华夏族,后来的汉族,还是今天的中华民族,都是多元一体的民族共同体.古代的百越民族,在中华民族的形成和发展史上,一直居于重要的地位,发挥着积极的作用,具有深远的影响.早在新石器时代,百越先民曾经有过一次大规模、远距离的历史性迁徙,遂使其文化传播到一个相当广大的地区.其突进中原的一支,成为华夏族的主源之一,参与了中国第一王朝夏朝的创建,甚至还有可能居于民族主干和政权主导的地位.战国秦汉,是中华民族从华夏族演进到汉族的重要时期,百越民族大规模融入华夏、汉族,壮大了汉族的队伍,成为汉族的重要族源之一.在今日中国的55个少数民族中,又至少有11个民族被公认为源出古代百越,占总数的五分之一,百越后裔是中华民族大家庭的重要成员.

Bai Yue tribe played an important role in the form and development of Chinese nation. In the new - stone age, Bai Yue tribe made a large - scale and long inogration, spreading its culture over many places. One branch of the tribe later became the source of Hua Xia tribe, which gradually developed into Han nationality. In today's China, eleven of fifty- five minority nationalities are regarded to have originated from ancient Bai Yue tribe. The descendents of the tribe are the members of Chinese nation.