陈潭秋作为中共“一大”的代表,在党内广为人知。陈潭秋作为中共“四大”的代表,即使在党史界知之者也为之不多,陈潭秋为中共“四大”做过哪些工作就更鲜为人知了。其中自然有种种原因。最重要的一条原因恐怕就是长期以来,中共“四大”一直未引起人们应有的重视。中共“四大”代表就更少有人提及。改革开放以来,经过全面拨乱反正,党史工作在恢复的基础上有了新的进展。1979年,胡华在《中国革命史讲义》(上),对中共“四大”做了比较全面的阐述。80年代初,从中央到地方建立了各级党史征集研究机构,开始发掘党史、研究党史。期间,出版了一些涉及中共“四大”的书。2002年,中央党史研究室编著的《中国共产党历 Chen Tanqiu, as a representative of the Communist Party of China, is widely known within the party. As the representative of the “big four” of the communist party of China, Chen Tanqiu is even less well-known for what Chen Tanqiu did for the CCP and the “big four” even though there are not many party members in the history of the party. There are many natural reasons. Perhaps the most important reason is that for a long time, the CCP has not given due attention to the “Big Four.” Even fewer people have mentioned the CPC’s “big four” representative. Since the reform and opening up, the party history work has made new progress on the basis of the restoration after a complete order-finding disorder. In 1979, Hu Hua made a rather comprehensive exposition of the “Big Four” of the Chinese Communist Party in “Handbook of History of Chinese Revolutions” (the first). In the early 1980s, the party history collection agencies at all levels were established from the central government to local governments, and the party history began to be explored to study the history of the party. During the period, a number of books related to the “big four” of the CCP were published. In 2002, the Central Party History Research Institute compiled the "Communist Party of China calendar