放在我们面前的这本《建国以来史学理论问题讨论举要》,是《历史研究》编辑部为她创刊三十周年,奉献给读者的一份分量虽不算重,却是很有意义的礼物。中国历史的研究,建国三十多年来成就是突出的,一系列重大问题都曾展开了长期讨论。《举要》列述了“亚细亚生产方式”、“古史分期”(包括奴隶社会与封建社会的分期和封建社会内部的历史分期)、“封建土地所有制形式”、“资本主义萌芽”、“中国封建社会长期延续 The preface to our discussion on the theory of historical studies since the founding of the People’s Republic of China was a reference to the thirtieth anniversary of her founding of the Editorial Department of History Studies. Although it is not a heavy weight, it is very significant gift. The study of China’s history shows that achievements in the past 30 years since the founding of the People’s Republic of China are outstanding. Long-term discussions have been held on a series of major issues. The book The History of Asian Production, Historical Stages of Ancient History (including the division of slave society and feudal society and the historical staging within the feudal society), the form of feudal land ownership, the sprout of capitalism, Chinese feudal society continues for a long time