本文从土家族民间传说和汉文献记载的土家族直系先民的姓名入手 ,粗略勾勒出土家族直系先民至少在唐末五代以前大多使用土家语名字 ,其大部分采用汉式姓名约在明代晚期或稍后的史实。在此基础上 ,进而对土家族的族源等一些历史文化方面的问题进行了探索 This article starts with the names of Tujia ancestors directly documented in Tujia folklore and Han literature, roughly outlines that the Tujia ancestors used Tujia language mostly at least in the late Tang and the Five Dynasties. Most of them use Chinese names about in the late Ming Dynasty Or later history. On this basis, we further explore some historical and cultural issues such as the ethnic origin of Tujia people