Abstract: During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, strengthening of political unification made knowledge integration become a reality. Confucian culture spread widely and left a very huge impact in Yunnan. During this period, Chinese literature by Yunnan writers of Han nationality and minorities keenly responded to changes in the ideological and cultural fields. Among them, a lot of poems reflected considerable Confucian color,displayed a powerful answer to the ideological change,and showed a distinct correspondence and a considerable degree of understanding in terms of theme selection, self position and the explanation of the meaning.The Confucianism color in literary creation and the identity of the mainstream culture by literati in the borderland of Yunnan bore a relationship of cause and effect.The literature creation brought further influence of Confucianism on the ideology and culture of minority area,and played a positive role in thought governance and cultural identity in minority area.

Key words: Yunnan in Ming and Qing Dynasties, Chinese literary creation, Confucian color, cultural identity