Readers 读者
Review of Pu yu Zhonghua minzu 濮与中华民族 (Pu and the Chinese nation). by Jin Zhong 金钟. Guangzhou: Guangzhou Chubanshe, 2012. pp. 620. ISBN 978-7-5462-0291-4
书评：濮与中华民族 金钟 著
Bit-Chee Kwok 郭必之
Abstract 摘要
Jin Zhong's book Pu and the Chinese Nation is a new attempt at interpreting place names, names of ethnic groups and personal names in China by drawing on linguistic methods. The highlight of the book is to discuss the centrality of Pu 濮 (or Pu Yue 濮越) in Chinese history and its relationship with the Han 漢 and other ethnic minorities in China. While the author’s eagerness to fill an important research gap and to revolutionize our perception of Pu is commendable, the work appears to be a work-in-progress rather than a finished product because many fundamental issues in its logic of argumentation, methods and evidence remain to be addressed.
在《濮与中华民族》一书中，金钟对中国的地名、民族名称和古代人名作出了全新的诠释。作者认为那些名字中很多都反映古代濮人 (或称濮越人)、汉人以及其他周边民族的关系。虽然这种研究方向很值得鼓励，但书中不少论证的逻辑、方法以及例证仍需要进一步厘清。
Subject Keywords 主题词
Pu 濮 Zhuang 壮 Early China 早期中国 Linguistics analysis for historical studies 语言学分析历史