Abstract: The awareness of potential dangers is an ideology created and developed based on the Chinese culture. From the very day of its creation, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has had clear and collective awareness of potential dangers, which has been consistently reflected in various historical periods of socialist revolution and construction and reform and opening up. To conduct Party history research, we must pay attention to the ideological variable of the CPCs collective awareness of potential dangers. In specific, for the research on the history of the founding of the Party, we should clarify the Partys inherent awareness of potential dangers about the times; for the research on the history of New China, we should highlight the awareness of potential dangers about governance caused by the transformation of the Partys identity; for the research on the history of reform and opening up, we should emphasize the existential dangers brought by domestic and foreign challenges; for the research on the history of national rejuvenation, we should notice the Partys mission and awareness of potential dangers in realizing its great dream; and for the research on the history of Party building, we should clearly address the potential dangers of selfrevolution that are unique problems for large parties. In the study of key figures, events and periods, we should consciously examine the impact of the awareness of potential dangers on the Partys decisionmaking, national development, and the Party building. Only in this way can Party history research be brought back to the scene where Party history events occurred and to the decisionmaking field of figures in the history of the Party. Through an empathic relationship between the research subject and object, we can reach the realm of “understanding” without “separation”, and truly make academic contributions to Party history research practically from seeking truth to seeking solutions.

Key words: awareness of potential dangers, Party history research, ideological variable, collective awareness

摘要： 忧患意识是中国文化土壤中生长出来的思想意识。中国共产党诞生伊始就具备明确的集体忧患，并一以贯之地体现在革命、建设和改革开放的各个历史时期。党史研究务必关注中国共产党集体忧患意识这一思想变量。其中，建党史研究应明晰党与生俱来的时代忧患，新中国史研究应突出党身份变换的执政忧患，改革开放史研究应重视国内外挑战的生存忧患，民族复兴史研究应关注党实现伟大梦想的使命忧患，党的建设史研究应明确解决大党独有难题的自我革命忧患。而对关键人物、关键事件、关键时期的研究上，应自觉考察忧患意识对党决策的影响、对国家发展的影响、对党自身建设的影响。唯其如此，方能使党史研究回归党史事件发生现场、党史人物决策域场，通过研究主体与研究客体的共情，达至“不隔”的“理解”界域，真正为党史研究从求真到求解作出实践性学术贡献。

关键词: 忧患意识, 党史研究, 思想变量, 集体自觉