在華南和東南亞社會,南嶺、珠江與環南中國海三種不同的空間地理形態,在持續的自然、人群、社會的互動中,分別塑造出山地文明、河流文明和海洋文明。三種文明體系及其所承載的家族、社區、民族與國家,又通過政治經濟與文化社會的交織往來,相互勾連在一起,構成復雜、豐富且互動頻繁的有機體和命運共同體。本文以自然空間為切入點,來把握"空間""區域"與"人"的三要素間的互動關系。旨在將華南與東南亞區域社會作為一個開放的文明體系,探討南嶺走廊民族、華南漢族各民系、東南亞各民族、海外華僑華人諸群體及其文明在區域內外的流動,以及由此產生的復雜社會與文化網絡。

In South China and Southeast Asia,within their corresponding spatial topographies of Nanling,Pearl River and South China Sea Rim,three types of civilizations have emerged from constant interactions of nature,people and society,namely mountain civilization,river civilization and ocean civilization. The three civilizations as well as families,communities,nations and states encompassed within,are interrelated through their multiple interactions in politics,economy, culture and society, constituting an intricate, rich, highly interactive organism and a community of common destiny. In perspective of natural space,this paper tries to explain how "space","region"and "people"interact when south China and Southeast Asia are taken as a whole,open civilization system,and aims to explore the flow of various ethnic groups and the civilizations as well as the complex social and cultural networks that ensue.