在众多的中国现当代历史剧作家中,郭沫若的历史剧成就最大。他的历史剧充满了为现实斗争服务的浓烈战斗色彩,具有强烈的时代战斗精神,产生了教育人民打击敌人的作用。本文通过对郭沫若不同历史时期历史剧的分析,揭示历史剧是如何坚持“借古鉴今、古为今用”的原则,从而为现实生活服务。 Among the many contemporary Chinese modern and historical playwrights, Guo Moruo made the greatest achievement in historical drama. His historical play is full of fierce fighting colors serving for realistic struggles, has a strong fighting spirit of the times and has produced the effect of educating the people in cracking down on the enemy. This article analyzes Guo Moruo’s historical drama in different historical periods and reveals how historical drama sticks to the principle of borrowing the ancient times and using the ancient as the present to serve the real life.