明代的女真族人分为建州、海西、“野人”女真三大集团。建州女真是唐渤海时代的旧称,后因明置建州卫而得名;海西女真是元代时的称谓,因其居地在东海之西故以海西谓之;“野人”女真则是女真族中的落后部分,所以冠之“野人”之称。一般的研究者都认为:“曰建州、曰海西、就 Jurchen Ming Dynasty is divided into Jianzhou, Hercynian, ”Savage “ Jurchen three big groups. Jianzhou Jurchen is the old name of the Tang and Bohai Sea era, later named after the state built Wei Wei; Hercynian Jurchen is the appellation of the Yuan Dynasty, because of its home in the East China Sea to the West so that the West said; ”Savage“ Jurchen is the backward part of the Jurchen, so the crown of the ”Savage “ said. The general researchers think: ”Said Jianzhou, said Hercynian, on