楚国在长达五百三十多年的发展中，不断学习华夏先进的文化，兼容并包地吸收了蛮、越、巴、濮诸族的精华。《左传纪事本末》：“春秋灭国之最多者，莫楚若矣。” 楚前后共灭国六十一个。本文拟以墓葬材料为基点，探讨楚国境内的族属构成。第一章的内容是楚国的历史沿革与疆域变迁。楚国的历史是从周成王 （前1042—前1021） 时熊绎被封丹阳开始（确切年代不详），而后延续到公元前223年楚被秦所灭为止。楚国的疆域随着不断的兼并战争在不断变化，楚国最强盛时期的疆域东达淮河中游，西至川、陕，南抵湖南，北境到今河南禹县一带。第二章是论文的主体部分——墓葬研究。这一章又分为楚墓的分区和典型墓地葬制葬俗分析两个小节。运用考古类型学、文化因素分析法等方法对楚墓进行分析与研究，在前人研究的基础上依据地域相近、文化内涵相同的原则，以现有掌握材料为依据对楚国境内的楚墓进行分区。在完成楚墓分区的研究之后，从墓地的选择与布局、头向、墓坑的结构及随葬品几个方面对区域范围内的典型墓葬如淅川下寺、包山、楚都纪南城附近、长沙等地的墓葬进行分析，从而划分出芈姓公族、土著苗蛮、越人、巴人、百濮这几个不同的族属成分。第三章论及的是楚国兼并的诸国族属以及与楚国有密切关系的曾国和郑国的文化因素。第一节以文献资料为依据，通过这些国家的族姓找寻它们所属民族的线索。第二、三节分别论述了曾、郑两国文化因素与楚文化的交融在论文的结语部分对楚族属构成这一课题进行概括和总结，并探讨一下楚国境内族属构成的分析对楚文化研究的意义。

Chu ,during its five hundred and thirty years of development,had continuously been learning the advanced Chinese culture, and absorbing the quintessence of the nationalities including Man,Yue,Ba, Pu . Chu had eliminated sixty-one country in Spring and Autumn.In the article,I will research the ethnic composition of the Chu state by burial material. The first chapter is the history and territory changes of Chu, this chapter based on the literature data and the archaeological materials on the history and territory of the State of Chu to sort out the changes, From the reign of King Zhou, Xiong Yi was closed to Danyang to 223 BC, Chu was destroyed by Qin. Chu annexation territory war with the constant changing, the most powerful state of Chu during the territory , east to the Huaihe River, west to Sichuan, Shaanxi, Hunan, south to the hunan， north to this area of Yu County in Henan.The second chapter is the main part of the paper – study of burial. This chapter is divided into two sections, the partition tombs and burial custom of typical tombs. Partition of Chu tombs, is to understand the basic work within the ethnic composition of Chu. I use typology, cultural factors and other methods of analysis and research Chu tombs, on the basis of previous research based on geographical proximity and cultural connotation of the same principles, Completed partition of the Chu State. After completion of the study,Analysis of the choice and layout from the cemetery, head orientation, the tomb structure and several aspects of funerary objects within the region as a typical burial Xichuan Temple, Baoshan, near Jinan city，And divided into several different ethnic groups, including the Mixinggongzu, Miao Man indigenous, yue, Ba, and Baipu. The third chapter discussed the nationality of country which were mergered. The first section is the nationality of country which were mergered by chu. Most of the material can not distinguish from the tombs, the literature based on information only through the name of these countries to find clues to the nation they belong. In the conclusion part of the sublimation paper the ethnic composition of Chu,that is summarized earlier and explore the ethnic composition of the territory of the State of Chu on the Chu Culture Studies.