人类自身的生产,即种的繁衍,是人类社会发展史研究中的重要课题。但是,过去对物质生产比较重视,对人类自身的生产却比较忽视了。事实上,这一领域有许多问题尚待研究,如人类对两性知识的认识、求育崇拜、孕育卫生、接生风俗、命名仪式、婴儿教育、成年仪式、婚姻家庭形式、人口与生产的关系、生育领域的宗教迷信等等。认真研究这些问题有助于理解人类以往的历史。笔者在边疆地区进行民族调查的时候,曾经接触过许多有关生育的资料,这对认识人类自身生产的发展规律和历史地位有一定借鉴。本文介绍一下原始的求育巫术,并且对其中的 The production of mankind itself, that is, reproduction of species, is an important issue in the study of the history of the development of human society. However, in the past, the emphasis on material production was neglected by mankind’s own production. In fact, there are many problems to be studied in this area. For example, human knowledge of gender knowledge, education and worship, birth and hygiene, birth custom, naming ceremonies, infant education, adult ceremonies, marriage and family forms, population and production relations, Religious superstition in the field of fertility and so on. A careful study of these issues helps to understand the history of mankind. When conducting ethnic surveys in the border areas, the author has had contact with many materials concerning procreation, which is of some reference to the understanding of the law of development and historical status of mankind’s own production. This article introduces the original witchcraft, and one of them