一、前言研究蒙古草原的奴隶制,是具体解决亚洲和中国各族人民社会发展史的主要问题之一。现在我准备阐明古代匈奴部落国家便是亚洲草原上最典型的一个奴隶所有者的社会。以往的史学工作者,对于草原匈奴社会的性质似并未给以正确的估计。有人会把匈奴部落国家误认为『匈奴部落联盟』,把匈奴的奴隶制误认为『宗法氐族制』,这些不合于史实的概念,是及需加以纠正的。还有一些意见,认为游牧部 I. Preface Studying slavery in Mongolia’s grasslands is one of the major issues that concretely addresses the social development history of the people of all ethnic groups in Asia and China. Now I am going to clarify that the ancient Hun tribes nation is the most typical slave-owner society in the Asian steppes. Historical historians in the past did not give a correct estimate of the nature of the grassland Huns. Some people mistook the Hun tribes nation for “the Hun tribe alliance” and mistook the Hun slavery for “patriarchal clan system”. Those concepts that are not in conformity with historical facts need to be corrected. There are some opinions that nomadic ministry