湘西苗族社会历史的曲折性、动荡性决定了其文化的独特样态,使之成为国内南方民族研究的热点,然而湘西苗族的研究方向多为古代驱逐疫鬼的巫傩主题,鲜少涉及民族伦理关系内容的思考,笔者认为民族伦理关系的重要在于其不仅有对少数民族理性秩序的提取,亦有对民族真、善、美等非理性秩序的挖掘。 The tortuous and volatile nature of the Miao nationality in western Hunan decided the unique style of its culture and made it a hot spot for the study of southern ethnic groups in China. However, the study direction of the Miao in western Hunan was mostly the theme of witch-hua in exterminating epidemic ghosts in ancient times, The author thinks that the importance of the ethical relations lies in that it not only has the extraction of the rational order of the ethnic minorities but also the excavation of the irrational order of the true, the good and the beautiful of the nation.