[摘  要]农村人口流动一直是中国社会一种普遍的社会现象。本文简要回顾了20世纪学术界对1949年以前中国历代农村人口流动所做的探索，并对未来的研究提出一管之见。

　　[关键词]20世纪；中国农村；人口流动

　　Summarization of Studies on Chinese Rural Population Flow

　　in the 20th Century

　　Abstract: Rural population flow has always been a kind of common social phenomenon in Chinese society. This article briefly reviews the academic research in the 20th century on Chinese rural population flow in previous ages before 1949 and gives a limited point of view to future study.

　　Key words: the 20th century; Chinese rural area;population flow