作为《中国边疆通史丛书》的一种 ,《西南通史》(方铁主编 ,中州古籍出版社 2 0 0 3年版 )不是一般意义上的西南地区通史 ,而是作为中国边疆的西南地区的通史。这样一部通史 ,需要“既从边疆地区发展的视角 ,阐述特定地区的历史发展脉络 ,同时又兼及历代中央王朝对边疆地区的治 As a kind of series of “General History of China’s Border Areas,” “General History of Southwest China” (edited by Fang Tie and published by Zhongzhou Ancient Books Publishing House 2003 Edition) is not a general history of the southwestern region in the general sense but a general history of southwestern China’s frontier. Such a general history needs "to elaborate both the historical development of a particular region and the governance of the frontier areas by the central dynasties of both generations from the perspective of the development of the frontier regions