Editing Han Chinese (section)

=== ''Zhonghua minzu'' ===
The term ''[[Zhonghua minzu]]'', literally the 'Chinese nation', currently used as a supra-ethnic concept publicised first by the Republic of China, then by the People's Republic of China, was historically used specifically to refer to the Han Chinese. In his article "Observations on the Chinese ethnic groups in History", [[Liang Qichao]], who coined the term ''Zhonghua minzu'', wrote "the present-day ''Zhonghua minzu'' refers to what is commonly known as the Han Chinese".{{Efn|{{lang|zh|「今日之中華民族，即普遍俗稱所謂漢族者。}}」}}<ref>{{Cite book |author=Liang |first=Qichao |script-title=zh:飲冰室合集 |trans-title=Collected works of Yinbinshi |publisher=Zhonghua Book Company|isbn=978-7-101-09490-9 |script-chapter=zh:歷史上中國民族之觀察 |trans-chapter=Observations on the Chinese ethnic groups in History |language=zh}}</ref> It was only after the founding of the Society for the National Great Unity of the Republic of China{{Efn|中华民国民族大同会}} in 1912 that the term began to officially include ethnic minorities from all regions in China.<ref>{{Cite journal |author=杨义 |year=2012 |script-title=zh:中华民族文化发展与西南少数民族 |url=http://iel.cass.cn/mzwxbk/mzwh/201311/t20131107_2764732.shtml |script-journal=zh:民族文学研究 |issue=1 |pages=5–21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=张晨怡 |script-title=zh:近代"中华民族"观念形成的文化考察 |url=http://www.historychina.net/sxwh/356014.shtml |script-website=zh:中华文史网 |language=zh}}</ref>