一、华夏族的形成与发展“华夏”一词,最早出现在先秦典籍中。《尚书·武成》:“华夏蛮貊,罔而不俾。”《左传》襄公二十六年:“楚失华夏。”当是指定居在中原地区的一些部落或部族集团。亦称“华”、“夏”、“诸华”、“诸夏”、“区夏”等。古代,中原地区的华夏族与其周围的部族或部族集团东夷、西戎、南蛮、北狄等合称“五方之民”。华夏族居中,所以又有“内诸夏而外夷狄”的说法。中原地区,是传说中炎帝和黄帝两个部族集团活动的核心地带。这两个部族集团之间,以及周围各部族集团特别是东夷集团经 First, the formation and development of the Chinese nation “Chinese”, the earliest appeared in the pre-Qin classics. “Shang Wu Wu Cheng”: “Huaxia brutal, indiscriminately and not.” “Zuo Zhuan” Xianggong twenty-six years: “Chu Huaxia.” “When it is designated in the Central Plains region, some tribes or tribes group. Also known as ”Hua“, ”Summer“, ”Zhu Hua“, ”Summer“, ”District Summer“ and so on. In ancient times, the Huaxia ethnic group in the Central Plains together with the surrounding tribal or clan groups Dongyi, Xi Rong, Nanban, Beidi and others collectively referred to as the ”people of all five sides“. Huaxia nationality, so there are ”within the summer and outside Di". Central Plains region, is the legendary Emperor Yan and the Yellow Emperor tribal group activities in the heart of. The two tribal groups, as well as the surrounding tribal groups, especially Dongyi Group