世界知識,於民國二十三年創刊,到今年恰滿十二個年頭。這十二年,是世界和中國變化最最劇烈的時代。這個小生命跟着時代奔跑,也居然迎接了中國神聖的抗戰,迎接了掀天動地的第二次世界大戰,它曾在炮火中流亡到漢口,又曾在砲火中從香港撒退,太平洋戰爭起後,由於環境的關係,它曾經作了暂時小小的停顿,但随着反法西斯戰争勝利後不久,它又與讀者在上海見面了。戰後世界進入了一個面目崭新而國際關係最爲複雜的階段。中國抗戰和第二次世界大戰的結果,給它帶來了多少空前豐富的资料,它是何等的幸運,又是何等的戰戰競競啊! World knowledge, in the twenty-three years since the founding of the Republic, to this year just twelve years. These twelve years are the most dramatic changes in the world and in China. This small life ran along with the times and actually welcomed the sacred war of resistance in China and welcomed the world-shaking World War II. It had exiled to Hankou during the artillery fire and was dumped from Hong Kong during the artillery fire. The war in the Pacific Ocean Since then, it had made a temporary pause because of the environment, but with the readers’ meeting in Shanghai shortly after the victory of the anti-fascist war. The post-war world has entered a new stage with the most complicated international relations. What is the result of China’s war of resistance against Japan and the Second World War that brought it unprecedented wealth of information? How fortunate is it and how competitive are they?