林彪、“四人帮”遗留下来的最大祸害之一,就是在一代人中造成了无知或知识严重不足的状况。这种状况同国家实现现代化的要求之间形成了尖锐的矛盾,也给学校教育工作,以及培养青少年共产主义道德品质、树立辩证唯物主义世界观的工作,带来了极大的困难。中国少年儿童出版社出版的《少年百科丛书》,正是帮助我们克服这些困难的重要工具之一。它一出世,就受到了许多教师、家长和广大青少年的欢迎。现在,这套丛书已经出版了三十多本。有必要进一步引起中学教 One of the greatest scourges left behind by Lin Biao and the “Gang of Four,” is that it has caused a situation of ignorance or serious under-knowledge among generations. This situation has sharply contradicted with the country’s requirements for the modernization. It has also brought great difficulties to the work of school education, as well as the cultivation of the communist moral qualities of adolescents and the establishment of a dialectical materialist world outlook. The Children’s Encyclopedia Series published by China Children’s Publishing House is one of the important tools that helps us to overcome these difficulties. As soon as it was born, it was welcomed by many teachers, parents and the vast majority of young people. Now, this series has been published more than thirty books. It is necessary to further arouse secondary school teaching