共同体自治肇始于古希腊罗马时期,可以分为地域性自治和非地域性自治。现代民族国家兴起后的自治主要表现为地区自治,带有某种属地原则的性质,且大多和民族因素相结合,从而体现出民族自治的属性。非地方性自治可以有不同类型,最典型的是文化自治,由特定群体或少数人自主地管理其文化事务,具有在文化方面的属人自治性质。 Community autonomy originated in ancient Greece and Rome, can be divided into regional autonomy and non-regional autonomy. The autonomy after the rise of the modern nation-state mainly manifests itself in the nature of regional autonomy with some kind of territorial principle, and most of them are combined with ethnic elements so as to reflect the attributes of national autonomy. Non-local autonomy can have different types, the most typical is cultural autonomy, autonomous management of its cultural affairs by specific groups or minorities, and cultural autonomy.