From the perspective of DNA and the People's Historical View, there is no need to get entangled in historical issues such as the debate over whether the Yuan and Qing Dynasties were part of China.
Many people today are confused about history, and a significant issue is the number of dynasties in China established by ethnic minorities. Some people struggle to understand the difference between the Japanese invaders and the Yuan and Qing Dynasties, which is hard to articulate. If it was difficult to clarify in the past, with the advent of the 'People's Historical View' and DNA technology, this question is not hard to comprehend.
From ancient times to the present, what is China? If we only look at emperors and ministers, the '主体' of China consists of these upper-class figures; at certain times, 'foreign ethnic groups' become the主体. But this is a backward historical view; the number of emperors and ministers is very small, and they do not qualify as representatives of civilization, even if they have some influence, it is reflected through the people. Without the vast majority of people continuously perpetuating civilization, emperors and ministers are nothing.
From the perspective of the People's History, the people in Chinese history have had a clear continuity as the主体. The way of life and cultural inheritance of the Chinese people has continued uninterrupted, even with changes in dynasties and rulers. Who are the 'people'? At any time in Chinese history, the answer is clear: they are the ancestors of modern Chinese people, with no point of contention.
Since 2000, advancements in Chinese DNA molecular anthropology have provided irrefutable evidence of the continuity of Chinese DNA, traceable back to 10,000 years ago, when the DNA of the Chinese people was already fundamentally formed, with no foreign elements. Among modern Chinese males, the highest proportion belongs to five paternal haplogroups (each about 10%), which is an astonishing miracle. A shocking fact is that in ancient times, there was no singular Han DNA, but many ethnic minorities whose DNA characteristics have continued to the present. The Han is a genetic amalgamation of all ethnic minorities, which defines the DNA of the主体 ethnic group, exhibiting mathematical central symmetry. This indicates that the ancestors of the Chinese people were highly homogenous, and the ancient Chinese people are indeed the ancestors of modern Chinese people!
Do not underestimate this point; in many countries, this does not hold. The ancient locals often have no relation to the modern locals. The land of America was once inhabited by Native Americans, now predominantly White due to continuous immigration, making it unclear what constitutes the主体 of Americans, leading to significant conflicts between the two parties. The entire Americas are either mixed-blood or immigrant, with many Black slaves being forcibly brought in, making the people largely foreign. Many Turkish and Greek people share the same DNA origin, but culturally they have turned towards the Turkic language system and acknowledged numerous ancestors. Ancient Egypt had magnificent pyramids and writing, but there was no inheritance, and modern Egyptians are considered part of the foreign Arab culture. Indians do not even have a unified language, needing English as a working language, coming to China to complain that Chinese people do not speak English. European history is even more chaotic; who are the heirs of the several great empires in history? Koreans struggle with the issue of Goryeo, and history has driven them mad. Russians aspire to be Europeans but are not recognized.
Because China possesses the clearest continuity of civilization and a clear ethnic主体 globally, some people still 'luxuriously' pursue historical purity, preferring that the rulers were always Han, and have difficulty understanding if they were not.
This can be thought of in this way: other countries cannot possibly pursue such 'purity' since both the people and civilization have changed. Therefore, many countries' history books are fundamentally impossible to write, filled with fabrications and distortions. China's history book is the most unique in the world; since the advent of writing, it has been possible to smoothly narrate '5,000 years of history', which can only belong to the Chinese people, not foreigners. Koreans are very envious, leading them to steal much Chinese history.
Does China have complex and difficult historical issues? Surely it does; the history of the Qing Dynasty is still not settled. But these are merely qualitative determinations of some details, and some statements must be qualified. However, these difficulties are minor issues on a global scale, typical of the Chinese style of 'wanting it all'. The successor to the Qing Dynasty can only be the Chinese people; the land of the Qing Dynasty must be inherited by the Chinese people, which is an internationally recognized historical conclusion already practiced countless times. As for whether to speak positively or negatively about the Qing Dynasty, or to what extent, these are all minor textual issues. Texts have always had a wide range of variability, and how they vary can indeed raise questions.
But from the perspective of 5,000 years of civilizational inheritance, China can be said to be the most forthright in addressing historical issues globally. The ethnic question has also been resolved the best; all ethnic groups generally live in harmony, much stronger than other multi-ethnic countries, already a stable and united state envied worldwide.
I find some foreign histories fundamentally unmanageable; teaching history without lying is impossible. They do not struggle at all; they directly choose to lie, fabricate, and mythologize. It can be said that many countries globally have a need to learn from India, necessitating self-deception. Yet some people in China are still unnecessarily entangled, far too pure and too honest.