司马迁撰《史记》为少数民族开篇立传,以此管窥其民族大一统思想。其思想继承了前代思想家的“大一统”理论,适应了大一统帝国的政治需求,是先秦及秦汉时期民族之间交流及其政治举措促进的结果。司马迁的民族观被后代史学家所沿袭,亦可看成当今国家处理民族关系的理论源泉。 Sima Qian Essays “Historical Records” for the ethnic minorities started the essay, in order to glimpse the idea of ​​national unification. Its thought inherited the “unification” theory of previous generations of thinkers and adapted to the political needs of the united kingdom. It was the result of the exchanges among ethnic groups in the pre-Qin and Qin-Han Dynasties and their political initiatives. Sima Qian’s view of nation is followed by the historians of the later generations, and it can also be regarded as the theoretical source for the contemporary countries in handling ethnic relations.