历史视野下一直存在华夏与华夏边缘的分离,但以往历史叙述过程中却往往用华夏视野来审视华夏边缘,审视华夏文明与华夏边缘游牧文明的互动。王明珂的《游牧者的抉择——面对汉帝国的北亚游牧部族》一书,给我们研究民族与边疆史提供了新的思考。摆脱“文明中心”的偏见,用游牧文化自身的特质来思考边缘与中心的互动,亦是我们思考文明发展的重要途径。学习历史的过程,也是去伪存真的过程。倘若,你发现所信仰的真理存在瑕疵,那么所谓建立在之上的价值体系也会 Historically there has always been a separation between the Huaxia and Huaxia margins. However, in the historical narration, Huaxia’s field of vision is often used to examine the edge of Huaxia and to examine the interaction between the Huaxia civilization and the nomadic civilization on the edge of Huaxia. Wang Mingke’s Nomadic Choice - Facing the Han Empire’s Nomadic Tribes in North Asia provides us with new thinking on the history of the nation and frontier history. It is also an important way for us to think about the development of civilization that we should get rid of the prejudice of “civilized center” and think of the interaction between the center and edge with the traits of nomadic culture. Learning the history of the process, but also to pseudo-true process. If you find flaws in the truth of belief, then the so-called value system based on it will