近几年来,少数民族历史的研究工作从各方面加强了。在党的領导下,調派了大量人員到各少数民族地区进行社会历史調查工作;中央民族学院和各地民族学院都正在講授或准备講授少数民族史課程;若干高等学校历史系正在进行或准备进行增授少数民族历史課程,有些高等学校历史系已設了少数民族历史專修班或專修組;多数省、自治区内中等学校历史課的乡土教材中都編了若干章节的少数民族历史。这些情况說明,少数民族历史的研究已开始引起普遍的重視。毫无疑問,少数民族历史的研究是具有重大的意义的。它不仅将大大丰富祖国历史的篇册,而且对于进一步巩固祖国的統一和加强各民族的团結有着不可忽視的作用。过去的二十四史或二十五史,絕大部分是汉族而其中又主要是汉族統治阶級的历史,一部分是在某些历史时期內在国內居于統治地位的某些少数民族的历 In recent years, the research on the history of ethnic minorities has been strengthened in all aspects. Under the leadership of the party, a large number of personnel have been deployed to carry out social and historical investigations in ethnic minority areas. The Central Ethnic Institute and other ethnic institutes all over the world are teaching or preparing to teach ethnic history courses. Some history departments of higher education are under way or are going to be conducted Some minority history courses have been added to the history of ethnic minorities. Some colleges and universities have set up courses in history or specialized courses for ethnic minorities. In most provinces and autonomous regions, history books of minority middle schools have been compiled into chapters of minority history. These facts show that the study of the history of ethnic minorities has begun to attract universal attention. There is no doubt that the study of the history of ethnic minorities is of great significance. It will not only greatly enrich the history of the motherland, but also play an important role in further consolidating the motherland’s unity and strengthening the unity of all ethnic groups. The past twenty-four or twenty-five histories, most of which were Han and mainly the history of the Han ruling class, were partly the calendar of some ethnic minorities that dominates the country in certain historical periods