明代文人对西南民族“杂居”“聚居”的认知,是在该时期西南汉夷民族大杂居、小聚居的现实格局背景下形成的。以王士性为代表的明代文人认为,西南地区不论整体还是部分都呈现出“夷汉杂居”的格局,在大杂居的格局中还形成了许多蛮夷民族聚居地,汉、夷民族的地理分布有城乡和地形等方面的差别,在杂居背景下蛮夷民族有汉化的趋势。明代文人对西南民族“杂居”“聚居”的认知对后世影响较大。 In the Ming Dynasty, the literati's cognition of the southwest nationality “mixed living ” “living together ” was formed under the background of the reality that the southwestern Han nationality lived together for a long time and lived in a small community. The literati of the Ming Dynasty, represented by Wang Shixing, believed that the pattern of the “Yi Han Mixed Residence” in the southwestern region, both in whole and in part, was also formed. In the pattern of large mixed quarters, many ethnic settlements, Han and Yi nationalities Geographical distribution of urban and rural areas and topography and other differences, in the mixed background of ethnic minorities tend to sinicize. The literati in Ming Dynasty had a great influence on the future generations in the cognition of southwest nationality “mixed living ” and “living together ”.