求真务实,是以胡锦涛同志为总书记的中共中央对全党的新的要求,是衡量思想作风是否端正、工作作风是否扎实的客观尺度,也是我们研究东北史地问题所必须遵循的一个重要原则。求真务实是一种思想准则和治学作风。追求真是,务求实效,就必然要坚持辩证唯物主义和历史唯物主义一以贯之的科学精神,并义无返顾地为之奋斗而百折不挠。正因为如此,求真务实才能成为中国共产党的思想路线的核心内容,才能构成党的优良传统和共产党人的政治品格。对于史学工作者而言,求真务实又是一种追求和动力。诸如本期几篇文章中所提出的一些问题,汉 Being pragmatic and realistic is the CPC Central Committee’s new request to the whole party with Comrade Hu Jintao as the general secretary. It is an objective measure of whether the style of work is correct and whether the working style is solid. It is also an important one that we must follow in studying the issue of the history and geography of northeast China in principle. Seeking truth and being pragmatic is a kind of ideological principle and style of study. In pursuit of truth and pragmatism, we must adhere to the consistent scientific spirit of dialectical materialism and historical materialism and persevere in resolute struggle. For this reason, seeking truth and being pragmatic can become the core content of the CPC’s ideological line in order to form the party’s fine tradition and the communist’s political character. For historians, seeking truth and being pragmatic is a kind of pursuit and motivation. Some of the issues raised in several articles in this issue, Han