中国各民族民间文学被重视，被记录和翻译的过程，与各时期特殊的社会思想、学术主张有很大的关系。苗族民间文学自被记录、翻译以来所形成的简史，是我们观察这些文化活动的背景的一面镜子。本文只涉及歌谣，因为故事传说的收集基本上还没有“记录”“翻译’可言，不论外民族 The process of Chinese folk literature being valued, recorded and translated has a great relationship with the special social ideology and academic ideas in each period. A brief history of Miao folk literature since it was recorded and translated has been a mirror for us to observe the background of these cultural activities. This article only covers ballads, because the collection of stories and legends basically has not “recorded” “translation” at all, regardless of foreign nationality