解放三十二年来,学术界特别是从事中国古代史和民族史研究的同志,一直就如何正确处理我国历史上的民族关系问题展开讨论,获得了可喜进展。其标志是:在如何理解历史上的“中国”这个关键问题上,越来越多的同志取得了比较一致的认识。因为要想正确处理历史上的民族关系问题,关键就在于对历史上的中国有一个正确的理解。大家都认为,在我们统一的多民族的社会主义国家里,无论是处理今天的民族关系,还是讨论古代的民族 In the 32 years since Liberation, academics, especially those engaged in the study of ancient Chinese history and national history, have been discussing how to correctly handle the issue of the ethnic relations in our history and have made gratifying progress. The sign is: More and more comrades have gained a more consistent understanding of how to understand the key issue of “China” in history. For the correct handling of the issue of ethnic relations in history, the key lies in having a correct understanding of China in history. Everyone believes that in our unified, multi-ethnic socialist country, both the handling of today’s ethnic relations and the discussion of ancient peoples