引言已故台湾学者凌纯声,是我国著名的人类学,民族学家。他的数十年学术生涯,涉猎过大部分中国边疆民族,致力于中国古代文化的复原。并在此基础上溯源追流,扩展到研究东南亚及环太平洋的土著文化,以及它们与中国古代文化的关系。他不仅不断扩大其研究内容和范围,且在研究方法上也有诸多求新。从实地调查研究民族史与文化史,到结合考古学、人类学的综合探讨;从单据文献复原中国古代历史到他所强调的“扎失而求诸野”方法的应用。这些都与当代兴起的“民族考古学”①、“民族志类比分析法”②的新潮流趋于一致或相近,有不少值得我们借鉴与学习之处。 Introduction The late Taiwanese scholar Ling Chun Sheng was a famous anthropologist and ethnologist in our country. His decades of academic career has covered most of the Chinese border communities and is committed to the restoration of ancient Chinese culture. On this basis, it traces its origins and tracing to the study of indigenous cultures in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Rim as well as their relationship with ancient Chinese culture. He not only continued to expand its research content and scope, and there are many innovations in the research methods. From the field investigation and study of national history and cultural history to the combination of archeology and anthropology; from the documentary literature to restore ancient Chinese history to his emphasis on “uselessness and seek the wild” approach application. These are in line with or similar to the new trends in contemporary ethnology, ethnic ethnography and ethnic ethnography. There are quite a few worth learning and learning about.