伟大的爱国主义者林则徐在鸦片战争中因功受过,被革职流放新疆。从此,使他在晚年的政治生涯中发生了一些新的变化,以较多精力注意我国的边疆与民族问题。本文试就林则徐在新疆、陕甘与云南等地关于民族问题的政治实践与思想,作以初探。这对我们今天认识与研究民族问题,探察历史的脉络,也是一个历史的借鉴。一近代以来清王朝的腐朽统治,无法抵御资本主义列强的侵略,致使中国沦入半殖民地、半封建社会的深渊。作为地主级阶革新家的林则徐,在这场反侵略的斗争中,虽然屡遭波 The great patriot Lin Zexu was so successful in the Opium War that he was exiled and exiled to Xinjiang. Since then, he has made some new changes in his political career in his later years in order to pay more attention to our border and ethnic issues. This article tries to probe Lin Zexu’s political practice and thoughts on ethnic issues in Xinjiang, Shaanxi, Gansu and Yunnan. This is also a historical reference for us to recognize and study the ethnic issues today and explore the context of history. The decadent rule of the Qing dynasty since the modern era can not resist the aggression of the capitalist powers and leads China into the abyss of a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society. Lin Ze-xu, a landlord-level innovator, although he repeatedly suffered waves in this anti-aggression struggle