古代羌族社会的经济发展与民族融合是一项重要的研究课题。羌族是我国古代的一个大族,自殷商以来即见于记载。由于羌族历史悠久,分布极广,各部之间的发展亦不平衡,在历史进程中,一些羌人受其他民族,特别是汉族的积极影响,而逐步与汉族和其他民族相融合。此后又有一些羌人活跃于历史舞台,而后又逐渐被融合。因此,自宋代以来除岷江上游还有一部分羌人继续繁衍外,历史上的大部分羌人已一浪一浪地汇入祖国各民族的融合洪流。我们对古代羌族社会的经济发展及其民族融合的探讨,不仅可以丰富我们对于各民族历史的认识,而且对于各民族间友好交往与自然融合关系的说明也将有所帮助和借鉴。本文试就此问题作一初步分析。(一) 早在殷商时期,羌族即出现在我国西北 The economic development and national integration of ancient Qiang society is an important research topic. The Qiang nationality is an ancient clan in our country. Since the Shang dynasty, it has been recorded. Due to their long history and wide distribution, the development among different ministries is also not balanced. In the historical process, some Qiangs were gradually influenced by other ethnic groups, especially the Han people, and gradually merged with the Han and other ethnic groups. Since then, some Qiangs have also been active in the historical arena and then gradually converged. Therefore, since the Song Dynasty, in addition to the continued growth of a part of the Qiang people in the upper reaches of the Minjiang River, most Qiang people in history have waved into the torrent of integration of the various ethnic groups in the motherland. Our discussion of the economic development and ethnic integration of the ancient Qiang society will not only enrich our understanding of the history of various ethnic groups, but also help explain the relationship between the friendly exchanges and natural fusion among different ethnic groups. This article tries to make a preliminary analysis of this issue. (A) As early as the Shang period, the Qiang ethnic group appeared in the northwest of our country