以李宗仁、白崇禧为首的新桂系(以下简称桂系),是中国国民党内的主要派系之一。如何评价桂系的抗日主张及其在抗战中的作用,是抗日战争史研究中的一个不容忽视的课题。建国后至十一届三中全会前的三十多年间,由于“左”的错误思想的禁锢,史学界对这一课题的研究几乎没有触及。近年来部分史学工作者以忠于史实、忠于科学的态度对这一课题着 The new Gui system headed by Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi (hereinafter referred to as Gui system) is one of the major factions within the Chinese Kuomintang. How to appraise the anti-Japanese doctrine of the Gui-series and its role in the war of resistance is one of the topics that can not be ignored in the study of the history of the anti-Japanese war. Thirty years before the Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee after the founding of the People’s Republic of China, due to the confusion of the wrong thinking of the “leftist”, the study of this subject by historians has barely touched upon. In recent years, some historians have devoted themselves to this issue with their loyalty to history and their loyalty to science