唐宋时期,中国经济重心南移,在此背景之下,以刀耕火种为主要特征的南方畬田民族和以精耕细作为特征的汉民族发生了尖锐的冲突,使得曾经在商周时期就已出现的畬田,沉寂数千年之后,又重新出现在人们的视野之中。本文将田民族的历史放在中国经济重心南移这一重大历史背景下进行考察,主要内容包括田的耕作方式,地区和地理分布,作物种类,唐宋时期田民族与后来畲族的关系,以及田民族的历史走向。指出唐宋时期中国经济重心的南移加剧了原本就因刀耕火种而不断迁徙的田民族与周边民族(主要是汉族)的冲突,同时也促进了民族的融合和农业的进步。 During the Tang and Song dynasties, China’s economic center of gravity moved southward. Under this background, the southern Shetian nationality characterized by slash-and-burn as the main feature clashed sharply with the Han nationality characterized by intensive cultivation, which had already occurred during the Shang and Zhou dynasties She Tian, ​​silence for thousands of years, again reappeared in people’s vision. This paper examines the history of the Tian nationality under the major historical background of the southward shift of China’s economic center of gravity. The main contents include the farming methods of the fields, the regional and geographical distribution, the types of crops, the relationship between the Tian nationality in the Tang and Song Dynasties and the subsequent She ethnicity, and History of Tian Nationality. Pointing out that the southward shift of China’s economic center in the Tang and Song Dynasties exacerbated the clashes between the Tian nationality and the surrounding ethnic groups (mainly the Han nationality), which had been continuously relocated by slash-and-burn because of their slash-and-burn cultivation. At the same time, ethnic integration and agricultural progress were also promoted.