The present paper,probing into the changes taking place in the narrative pattern applied to the southern indigenous peoples in orthodox histories compiled in Han and Song dynasties,holds that,as the integra-tion of southern peoples and Han people was greatly advanced,there were reasons to believe that the cen-tral authorities paid increasing attention to southern peoples and it had made a clear distinction between indigenous peoples living in the Chinese territory and those who lived outside China.
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