On November 30, 2021, the "Research on the History of Contemporary China-Malaysia Relations" organized by the School of Social Development of Nanjing Normal University was successfully carried out. This lecture invited the editor of China Social Sciences Press, the distinguished professor of Qufu Normal University, and the "Minjiang Scholar" Song Yanpeng from Fujian Province to give a lecture, and the lecture was hosted by Luo Xiangyi from the Department of History of Nanjing Normal University.

The whole lecture is divided into four parts. The first part is introduction and introduction, the second part is the lecture of the subject content, the third part is a summary of the lecture content, and the fourth part is exchanges and answers.

At the beginning of the lecture, Mr. Song Yanpeng clarified the theme of the lecture: "Introducing the relationship between the country or the nation or the colonial regime and China in the history of Malaysia before 1911." The geographical location of Malaysia is introduced. Malaysia is located in Southeast Asia, bordering the South China Sea in the east, the Strait of Malacca in the west, Thailand in the north, and Singapore across the sea in the south. Teacher Song mentioned that the Straits Settlements, the Commonwealth of Malaya, and the Malay States were merged into the Union of Malaysia in 1946 and became a subsidiary of the United Kingdom. They became independent in 1957. In 1963 they merged with Sarawak, Sabah, and Singapore to become Malaysia. In 1965, Malaysia became independent.

Then, Mr. Song introduced the study of China and Malaysia from four different historical periods around the theme of the lecture, taking time as the context: (1) the study of the ancient kingdoms of the Malay Peninsula before the Yuan Dynasty; The study of the mud country; (3) the history of overseas Chinese immigration after westerners came to colonize the east; (4) the study of the deputy consul of Penang in the Qing Dynasty.

The historical connection between China and Malaysia can be traced back to the "Hanshu Geography", which records the historical predecessors of Malaysia, such as Du Yuanguo, Chen Liguo, and Huang Zhiguo. The Terracotta Kingdom in "Sui Shu·Chitu Biography" refers to the ancient country on Peninsular Malaysia. "Book of Jin", "Book of Songs", "Lingwai Dai Da", "Zhu Fan Zhi" also have records of Malaysia in history. Related scholars have also conducted related studies on the cultural exchanges between China and the tribal regimes on the Malay Peninsula.

During the Ming Dynasty, Manchuria and China carried out tributary trade and cultural exchanges. Yu Dingbang, Weng Shuyun, Nie Dening and others have recorded and studied China and Malaysia in history, but due to the limitations of historical records, further research is needed.

Beginning with the Portuguese occupation of Malacca in 1511, the Malaysian region entered the Western colonial period. Chinese immigrated to the Malaysian region, and the locations of immigrants were mainly concentrated in Singapore, Penang, and Malacca. While showing pictures and materials, Mr. Song introduced a large number of documents, such as "The Secret Party of Singapore and Malaysia and the Piggy Trade in the 19th Century", "A Brief Discussion on the Development and Changes of the Malaysian Contractual Chinese Industrial System", etc., and pointed out that in the 18th century The past studies of Chinese history in Malaysia and Sarawak can be further explored.

After that, Mr. Song introduced the research of the deputy consul of Penang in the Qing Dynasty and used the consul to reveal the relationship between China and Malaysia. In 1877, the Qing Dynasty set up a consulate in Singapore, and then changed to different consulates in 1891 and 1993. However, Mr. Song pointed out that Chinese scholars paid less attention to related research.

Teacher Song concluded that the research on the history of the relationship between China and Malaysia used to focus on the early determination of the location of the ancient country on the Malay Peninsula, but it has gradually cooled down with the changes of the times. The research on Manchuria and Boni in the Ming Dynasty also affected further in-depth discussion due to insufficient historical data. The research on the history of overseas Chinese immigration after westerners came to colonize and the deputy consul of Penang in the Qing Dynasty is worthy of further exploration.

At the end of the lecture, the students began to interact with Teacher Song to answer questions. The enthusiasm of the students was very high. From historical questions to the situation of studying abroad in Malaysia, Mr. Song gave patient and detailed answers. Finally, the lecture ended smoothly with cheers and thanks from the students.