Starting from the origin of the word“ Overseas Chinese” , the long history of emigrated
Chinese was formed. According to the concrete historical formation of Overseas Chinese, the
primarily reason of the emigrated Chinese had been discussed. The thousands of years' history
indicated that the rise and fall of the nation relatives directly to the honor and disgrace of her
people, especially to emigration, and this just formed the marked traits of the Overseas
Chinese—— the tradition of strong patriotism and revolutionism.