“赞米亚”研究的回应

Abstract

The so-called “Zomia” region proposed by James Scott puts forward a new research perspective on China’s ethnic history and frontier history, but at the same time, it also cuts China’s territory and the Chinese nation in history in the conceptual change and interpretation, which “conceptually” divides China’s territory and the Chinese nation, causing a great impact on the completeness and unity of China's frontier history. This “conceptual” division has greatly impacted the integrity and unity of China’s frontier history research. The practice of forging a strong sense of the Chinese national community in the teaching and research of history in colleges and universities is conducive to enabling researchers of related specialties to establish a correct view of ethnic history and frontier history, so as to cope with the challenges of the international academic community and to take the initiative in enriching the connotation and outer edge of the Chinese nation as a community.