Research On The Governance Of The Western Regions During The Han Dynasty From The Perspective Of A Community For The Chinese Nation

As a unified multi-ethnic country with a vast territory,China firmly safeguard national unity and ethnic unity,which is the ideological consensus and the highest interest of all ethnic groups.At present,China is at the historical intersection of the two Centennial goals.How to unite all ethnic groups in the broadest possible way,improve national cohesion and strengthen the sense of national identity has become an urgent issue of the times.Firstly,this paper reviews the development and evolution of the concepts of "Minzu" and"Chinese nation",historical writings about the Chinese nation,and the concept of "a community for the Chinese nation".Secondly,this paper makes an overall discussion on the situation and social development of the northwest border in the early Western Han Dynasty.During this period,due to the great disparity between Han and Xiongnu,the Western Han Dynasty had to adopt the policy of recuperation at home and making the Peace-Through-Marriage with the Xiongnu at abroad.However,in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty,the irreconcilable relationship between Han and Xiongnu and the restoration of the national strength of the Western Han Dynasty directly affected the process of the Western Han Dynasty in opening up the Western Regions to resist the Xiongnu.Thirdly,using the methods of literature research,historical materialism research and interdisciplinary research,this paper mainly takes the Historical Records and the History of the Han Dynasty as the center,combined with the existing works and Bamboo Slips of the Han Dynasty,divides the governance of the Western Regions of the Western Han Dynasty into four aspects,and explains the main contents and influence of each aspect based on the vision of a community for the Chinese nation.First,the political governance of the Western Regions at during the Western Han Dynasty.In this aspect,the establishment of the four counties in Hexi and the protection of the Western Regions is the main governance measure.The four Hexi counties played an important role in the unification of the Western Regions in the Western Han Dynasty,and the Protector of the Western Regions officially made the Western Regions an inseparable part of China’s unified multi-ethnic country.Second,the economic governance of the Western Regions during the Western Han Dynasty.In this aspect,the development of the Silk Road and the settlement of fields in the Western Regions are the main governance measures.During this process,the economic ties between the Central Plains of China and the Western Regions became increasingly close,and the recognition and centripetal force of the Western Regions to the Western Han Dynasty continued to increase.Third,the cultural governance of the Western Regions during Western Han Dynasty.In this aspect,it mainly discusses the PeaceThrough-Marriage Policy of Western Han Dynasty and the spread of Han culture.The PeaceThrough-Marriage between the Western Han Dynasty and the Wusun has objectively become the link of cultural exchanges between the Central Plains of China and the Western Regions.At the same time,the archaeological discoveries on the ruins of the ancient city in the Western Regions have further proved the widespread spread of Han culture in the Western Regions.Fourth,the ethnic governance of the Western Regions during Western Han Dynasty.In this aspect,it mainly discusses the historical process of migration between the Central Plains of China and the Western Regions and among the various ethnic groups in the Western Regions during the Western Han Dynasty,and considers how the migration of ethnic groups can promote the integration of ethnic groups.Finally,it synthesizes the governance of the Western Regions in the four dimensions of politics,economy,culture and ethnic group during the Western Han Dynasty,so as to reveal the historical inevitability of the formation of a community for the Chinese nation,seek the historical inheritance and rich development of border governance in different periods,and connect the governance of the ancient Western Regions with the modernization of Xinjiang governance in the new era to explore the significance to today.