淮夷作为西周时期一个重要的族群,并非淮河流域的土著居民,而是经周公东征和齐、鲁分封后被迫南迁至淮河流域两岸的东夷分支。而与之相关的“南淮夷”主要是指西周中期遭受周人重创后,再次南迁至淮河南岸的淮夷分支,而所谓的“南夷”盖为南方之夷的总称,应涵概淮夷、南淮夷在内。 As an important ethnic group in the Western Zhou Dynasty, Huaiyi was not an Aboriginal resident of the Huaihe River Basin. Instead, it was forced to move southward to the branch of the Dongyi River on both banks of the Huaihe River Basin after the enlistment and integration of the Duke of Zhou Dynasty. The related “Nanhuai” mainly refers to the mid-Western Zhou Dynasty hit by the Zhou people, once again moved to the south bank of the Huaihe River branch of the Huai Yi, while the so-called , Should be included Huai Yi, Nan Huai included.