《说文·羊部》：“羌，西戎牧羊人也，从人从羊，羊亦声。”羌，属他称，即古羌人是当时中原华夏对西戎的泛称。所以可以肯定地说，古羌并不是一个民族，而是由许多不同族群组成的。他们有不同的语言、服饰、习俗等，唯一的共同点可能就只是“逐水草而居”的迁徙生活方式。所以，古羌与羌族并不是同一个概念。 殷商时代的甲骨文中频繁地提到“羌”这个字，意为奴隶。殷人还把当时中国西方的众多部落统称为“羌方”。
根据羌塘盆地侏罗系古地理特征及沉积演化模式，建立了适合于本区的侏罗系综合沉积模式。
At last, according to the palaeogeography characteristic and sedimentary evolution model, the general sedimentary facies model of Jurassic in Qiangtang basin was founded.
红河断裂带两侧古地磁结果表明，羌塘地体与扬子地台至少从早白垩世以来已连接为一个整体。
Paleomagnetic results from the both sides of Honghe fault zone have shown that the Yangzi block has been united with the Qiangtang terrane since Cretaceous.
实际上，沃(羌)之野和昆仑都是古蜀族中的蜀山氏和蚕丛氏以岷山为原型，神化而成的乐园。
In fact, the wild of Wo (Qiang) and Mt. Kunlun were apotheosized paradise imagined by Shushan and Cancong clans among ancient Shu people, taking Minshan Mountain as its archetype.
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