西夏文“契丹”一词有两层含义,一是族姓,二是国名。《天盛律令》中所记载的“契丹”主要是用于指代契丹国,其中有关“契丹”的条目,多与马匹管理有关。《天盛律令》中西夏文献中对金国的称呼沿用了契丹人的叫法为“女直”。 Western Xiawen “Khitan ” has two meanings, one is family name, the other is country name. The “Khitan” recorded in the T’en Shing Laws is mainly used to refer to the Qidan country, of which “Khitan” entries are mostly related to horse management. “Tiansheng law” in the Western Xia Dynasty literature on the title of the country along the Khitan people called “straight”.