由已故光仁洪先生任主编、管敬绪、梅伟强任副主编的《世界近代史词典》，1998年10月由上海辞书出版社出版，该书系建国以来第一部断代史词典，它是展现世界历史画卷的珍贵文献。编写一部能够全面、准确地概括世界近代史学科内容的中型专科工具书，既是我国世界史学界多年的愿 The Dictionary of Modern World History, edited by Mr. Gu Yanxu and Mei Weiqiang, edited by the late Mr. Guangren Xu, was published by Shanghai Dictionary Publishing House in October, 1998. The book is the first dictionary of the history of the Chronicles of Ming Dynasty since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, It is a precious document that shows the history of the world. The preparation of a medium-sized specialist reference book that comprehensively and accurately summarizes the contents of the modern history of the world is both a vow for many years in the history of the world history of our country