大巴隴（花蓮縣光復鄉太巴塱）起至成廣澳（臺東縣成功鎮）止的花東 縱谷與東海岸地區，是晚清後山中路的「秀孤巒（秀姑巒）」。 這裡的平地或丘陵地，原本是阿美族「秀孤巒二十四社」的重要分布地， 但在近代發生巨大的歷史變遷。 伴隨「開山撫番」前南臺灣西拉雅平埔族的東遷、山區布農族的攻擊、 木瓜番的襲擊、晚清清帝國官軍「開山撫番」的施行與攻剿……，改變其族 群的活動空間、勢力範圍。 本研究期待藉由相關檔案、文獻、歷來研究的爬梳與分析，以瞭解從晚 清「秀孤巒二十四社」到日治初期的「秀姑巒阿美」，其指涉空間的差異性， 並試著探究其在花東縱谷的分布範圍與族群勢力消長。

In the late Qing Dynasty, “Xiuguluan” represented an area between Tafalong （Tavarong, Guangfu Township of Hualien County in present） and Chengguang'ao （Chenggong Town in Taitung County in present） in the Eastern Taiwan. That was a place where 24 Amis’ tribes called home and was also a location where many important historical events occurred. Typical events include the Eastward migration of Siraya, invasion of mountainous Bunun, attack from the Mokui （Vaguai, Takedaya） and the implementation of the policy “opening of the mountains and pacifying of the barbarians” by the late Qing Empires. All these activities significantly affect people’s lives in this area. In this study, through literature review and historical data analysis, we aim to investigate the changes in distribution and influence of these aboriginals from the Xiuguluan twenty-four tribes of the late Qing Dynasty to the Xiuguluan Ami in the early Japanese colonial period.

秀孤巒（秀姑巒）;阿美族;秀孤巒二十四社;國家力量;歷史變遷

Xiuguluan; The Ami people; Xiuguluan Twenty-Four Tribes; National Power; Historical Changes