中国近代史研究如何“突破”,实质上是如何深入与提高的问题。本刊自1988年以来,发表过这方面的讨论文章,还专门发表了广东史学界关于中国近代社会性质的争论的长篇综述和李时岳、张磊、陈胜粦等人的观点,展开了不同意见的争鸣,引起了国内近代史家们的关注,收到了不少来信和参与讨论的文稿。(由于条件所限而未能及时——发表)从本期起,我们将继续发表一些文章,除继续原有的问题争论外,还可扩大范围,希望能引来更多的争鸣,使近代史研究迈出新的步伐,获得实绩性的新成果。 How to “Break Through” in the Study of Modern Chinese History is a question of how to deepen and improve in essence. Since 1988, this magazine has published the discussion articles in this field. It also published a long summary of the debates on the nature of modern Chinese society in Guangdong historians and the arguments of Li Shiyue, Zhang Lei and Chen Shengtao, etc. , Aroused the concern of the modern Chinese historians, received a lot of letters and contributions involved in the discussion. (Due to Limited Conditions - Publish) Starting from this issue, we will continue to publish some articles which, apart from continuing the original controversy, will broaden our scope and hope to attract more contention so that modern times Historical research has taken new steps to gain new achievements in performance.