“傣”是傣族自称的族名,汉文写作“傣”是解放以后的事,历史文献中对傣族有种种不同的称谓,不同时代与不同地区称谓就各不相同。研究傣族古代史,首先得确定历史文献所记录的哪些族是今天傣族的先民或前身。民族既不是种族而是属于历史范畴的人们共同体,那就不能说今天的某族是古代某一时 Dai is the self-proclaimed ethnic name of the Dai. The Chinese writing Dai is the post-liberation issue. The historical documents have different appeals to the Dai people. Different times and places have different titles. Studying the ancient history of the Dai, we must first determine which of the recorded historical documents are the ancestors or predecessors of the Dai people today. If a nation is neither a race nor a community of people belonging to history, it can not be said that a certain people today is a certain ancient time