我看了新编课本初级中学“中国历史”第三册以后,觉得的确是一本质量较高的教科书。现在把个人看到的一些优点提出来简单地谈一谈,以供将要教这本书的同志们参考。先从全书的系统来看。这一册的内容包括从鸦片战争到“五四”运动前夕八十年间的历史。编者基本上采用按照年代次序叙述的方法,把八十年的历史事实分成四编。当然,关于中国近代史的分期,在科学上尚有争论,但是慎重地选择一种说法,原是编教科书的唯一 After reading the third volume of the newly-created textbook junior high school “History of China”, I think it is really a textbook of higher quality. Let me now turn briefly to some of the advantages people see, for the reference of the comrades who will teach this book. First look at the book’s system. This volume covers the history of eighty years from the Opium War to the eve of the May Fourth Movement. Basically, editors use the method described in chronological order, the eighty years of historical fact is divided into four series. Of course, there is still controversy in the science regarding the stage of modern Chinese history, but a cautious choice of a statement was originally the only textbook