明代是广东瑶族发展的重要阶段。明初,广东地区的瑶首通过进京朝贡、贡献方物,使其纳入朝廷统治之下。明中叶,随着广东地方社会形势的变化,瑶首朝贡活动在地域上有所扩大且更为频繁,但各地瑶人动乱不断,朝廷的军事行动导致瑶首朝贡活动的终结。 The Ming Dynasty is an important stage for the development of the Yao ethnic group in Guangdong. At the beginning of the Ming dynasty, Yao first in Guangdong passed the tribute to Beijing and contributed articles to make it included under the imperial court. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, with the change of the local social situation in Guangdong, the Yao tribe’s tributary activities have expanded and become more and more frequent in the region. However, the unrest in the Yao people has continued and the military operation in the imperial court led to the end of the Yao tribe’s tributary activities.