父亲潘光旦教授百年诞辰时,人们在称道他学贯中西的学术功力、不避艰险的求实精神和乐观的人生态度的时候,每每谈到他在土家族的民族识别工作中功不可没。父亲的土家族研究历经坎坷,但最终还是赢得了人们的尊重并得到了进一步的发展,他在九泉之下是可以感到欣慰的。1991年,我们在黔江参加了湘鄂川黔毗邻地区民委 When Prof. Pan Guangdan, the father of his father, celebrated the centenary of his birthday, people often talked about his academic achievements in Tujia nationality recognition when he praised him for his academic ability to learn Chinese and Western cultures, and his unrelenting pragmatism and optimistic attitude toward life. His father’s Tujia studies have experienced a lot of ups and downs, but in the end they have won people’s respect and have been further developed. He is gratified to be under the fountain of nine. In 1991, we participated in the Qianjiang County, Hubei, Sichuan and Guizhou adjacent areas