孟高棉语民族的起源及其与古代濮人的关系

本文认为,孟高棉语民族的发源地在中国南方地区,特别是中国的西南地区。这些民族与中国古籍中记载的濮人有着密切的渊源关系。但是,应当说清楚的一点是,当中国史籍有了关于濮人的记载的时候,他们中的一部分,甚至是一大部分早已经迁到了中南半岛去了。今天孟高棉语民族中只有分布在偏北地区的群体即所谓的北方孟高棉语诸民族才是从中国古书上后来提到的濮人群体中直接演化而来的。

Origin of the Mon-Khmer-Speaking Groups and Their Relationship with Ancient Pu

The author of this paper opines that the Mon-Khmer-speaking groups originates from southern,especially southwestern China.These groups were closely related with the Pu recorded in ancient Chinese chronicles.It should be emphasized,however,that most of these groups had emigrated into mainland Southeast Asia before the Pu was recorded in Chinese chronicles.Of today's Mon-Khmer-speaking groups only those stretching in northern Mainland Southeast Asia and southwestern China,e.g.the northern sub-groups of Mon-Khmer-speaking groups are the lineal descendants of the Pu mentioned in ancient Chinese chronicles.