近三十年来,随着黄河中下游许多地区的古文化遗存被发现,特别是山东泰安大汶口新石器遗存的发掘,古籍常提到的东夷问题引起了人们广泛的注意。朱芳圃先生在《中国古代神话与史实》一书中明确地指出:“(古代)人、夷同字。卜辞之人方即东夷。金文夷字亦作人”。又《尚书》称丹汉之苗蛮为“蛮夷”。可见,东夷实指东方人之意,“夷”字在古代并非贬义之词。郭沫若在《中国史稿》中主张“东夷包括淮夷在内的九夷”,“从黄河下游到江淮流域是东夷活动的地方”。具体的说东夷包括畎、于、方、黄、白、赤、玄、风、阳 In the recent three decades, with the discovery of ancient cultural relics in many areas of the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, in particular the excavations of the Neolithic remains in Dawenkou, Tai’an, Shandong Province, the frequently mentioned Dongyi issue has attracted widespread attention. In his book The Ancient Myths and Historical Facts in China, Zhu Fangpu explicitly pointed out: “(ancient) people, Yi with the same word. And ”Shang Shu“ said Dan Han’s seedlings as ”barbarians.“ Visible, Dongyi really refers to the meaning of the East, ”Yi“ word in ancient times is not a derogatory term. Guo Moruo advocated in the ”History of China“ ”Dongyi Huaiyi, including the nine Yi“, ”from the Yellow River to the Yangtze River valley is Dongyi activities." Specifically, Dongyi, including 畎, in, square, yellow, white, red, mysterious, wind, Yang