很长一段时间,传统民族史研究主要从汉文献入手,对中国历史上的民族问题进行阐述,并取得了诸多成果,对历史上畲民的研究即是一例。但近几十年来引入的族群理论提醒我们,其实从畲民自身的文献——如族谱来探讨畲民的族群意识与族群认同,也许能发现更多复杂而生动的族群议题。 For a long time, the study of traditional ethnic history started mainly from the Han literature and elaborated on the ethnic issues in Chinese history. Many achievements have been made. The study on the She people in history is an example. However, ethnic theory introduced in recent decades reminds us that actually exploring Shezu’s ethnic awareness and ethnic identity from its own literature, such as genealogy, may find more complex and vivid ethnic issues.