白寿彝先生的多卷本《中国通史·导论》，系统地阐明了我国民族史工作的传统，总结了民族史撰述的情况，论说了民族思想的发展。明确指出中国历史上民族发展的不平衡性和历史过程的阶段性、民族统一形式和历史发展的趋向。这构成了白先生的民族史理论与多卷本《中国通史》撰写的基本思想，对于今天撰写统一的多民族的历史工作有重要的启示 Mr. Bai Shouyi’s multi-volume “General History of China · Introduction” systematically expounded the tradition of our national history work, summed up the history of the national history, and discussed the development of national ideas. Clearly pointed out the unbalanced development of ethnic groups in China’s history as well as the stage of historical process, the pattern of national unification and the trend of historical development. This constitutes Bai’s theory of the history of nationalities and the basic thought written in the multi-volume General History of China, which is of great significance to the historical work of writing a unified multi-ethnic nation today