澳门和香港一样,自古以来就是中国版图的构成部分。但建国以来,国内历史学界对澳门史的研究很不够。在本世纪50～70年代,研究澳门历史的论文不足10篇,出版相关历史资料不过二三种。进入80年代,尤其是中葡两国政府进行关于中国恢复澳门主权的谈判以来,有关澳门历史研究的论著明显增多。10年来已见 Like Hong Kong, Macau has been a part of China’s territory since ancient times. However, since the founding of the People’s Republic, the study of the history of Macao by domestic historians is not enough. In the 1950s and 1970s, there were less than 10 papers studying the history of Macao, but there were only two or three related historical materials published. Since the 1980s, especially when the Chinese and Portuguese Governments conducted negotiations on the restoration of the sovereignty of Macao by China, the number of monographs on the study of the history of Macao has obviously increased. 10 years have seen