| Interaction of human and the biological forms the environment system that is affecting the biological changes.Therefore,the investigation of mankind on the animal resources' utilization regarding the accurate clear recognition of the historical animal, the research of animal's distribution and changes as well as the analysis of animal's reducing and exterminating in original land during the historical period and so on have the extremely importance significance. Presently, the natural ecosystem is insubjecting the human severe destruction day by day, particularly the Asian elephant's quantity and distributive region is reducing gradually.and the exterminating situation of the species is attracting attention increasingly,therefore,making great efforts to studying the Asian elephant is very essential during the historical period. The purpose herein that makes a bit basic preliminary job and discussion for the interreaction between mankind and animal in historical animal geography.The Asian elephant is the existing largest herbivores of Asian continent,because of itself characteristics and weaknesses,it is exterminating.The academic circle with regard to the analysis of the reason of the Asian elephant in imminent danger during the historical period in Chinese domestic, the following three kinds of views exist: First,climate factor; Second,human activity; Third,various factors. However, theirs analyses are slightly apparent generalry.This article selects mankind utilization to carry on the research for the breakthrough point, fully using the discipline characteristic of historical geography, trying my best to look over all kinds of historical materials. Otherwise,the author investigaes the only distributing region of the Chinese wild Asian elephant—Xishuangbanna peripheral locality at the beginning of 2008, and obtains first-hand data of the Asian elephant's situation and living environment.Hence,the auther tries hard to adopt the method which combines the literature and on-the-spot investigation, in order to more accurately analyzing the historical reason that the Asian elephant is exterminating. In the research, the author pays great attention to combine the historical geography, the biology, the zoology ,etc,in the synthetic study. Selecting the effect of mankind utilization on the exterminating course of the Asian elephant to do a new discussion with historical basis, and breaking through the predecessor styleforms to have new innovation.The article has made the new supplement on the basis of all scholar such as Wen Huanran that does research of the Asian elephan's distribution and changes during the historical period, in order to enrich the content of the Asian elephan's distribution and changes during the historical period. It takes mankind utilization on the Asian elephant resources as the new angle of view, obtains the information from historical materials and combines philology and the modern biology. At last, the author discovers mankind's profound understanding to the Asian elephant is exactly the course that mankind aggravate demand and use for the Asian elephant resources. It selects human cruel hunting and the domesticating way, diversity of ording about the Asian elephant and increase of "raising the Asian elephant" the behavior to carry on research, which has remedied the deficient of the academic circle's study, and the result of the research reveals the vicious circle of "ording about the Asian elephant / raising the Asian elephant—hunting the Asian elephant", making the Asian elephant exterminate during the course of mankind increasing hunting, domesticating and utilizating day by day.It chooses "tributing the Asian elephant and ivory"as this an unique case, studying quantity, region and frequency of "tributing the Asian elephant and ivory"during the historical period, in order to analyse specifically the effect of mankind utilization on the exterminating course of the Asian elephant.Using the knowledge of biology, medicine and economy to explain that the Asian elephant's whole body is valuable treasure. It impels the mankind to make"ivory"and "its other products"utilize and trade. And trading mechanics and market can only be growing steadily, which inevitably will make the Asian elephant prone to reducing even exterminating in mankind utilization. this is an innovation in the article.Through analyzing and discussing mankind utilization on the Asian elephant's resources, consulting predecssor's viewpoint on the sharply decling reason of the Asian elephant's quantity and distributing region.The author comprehensively analyzes the social the social demand, the folk behavior, government authorities' support and benefit, and thinks that mankind utilization on the Asian elephant's resources aggravates the exterminating course of the Asian elephant. Therefore, the exterminating course of the Asian elephant accompanies by mankind utilization on the Asian elephant's resources, and is increasingly fierce during the historical period.This article studies mankind utilization on the Asian elephant's resources during the historical period,and compares with nowadays realistic state. This promotes mankind get along with the Asian elephant in harmony, avoiding the extermination of this species;offering theoretical instruction and successful historical reference for the research of historical environmental changes, the protection of animal resources and present ecological balance;and producing the importance significance in knowing ecosystem changes during the Chinese historical period. Meanwhile, the reseach herein provides historical reference for how better protect the Asian elephant presently in china; strengthening the consciousness of precious wild animal; making policies and measures in protecting and resucuing precious extinct animal,along with fully reasonable utilizing wild animal resources. It is beneficial supplement to historical enviromental changes. |