中国是世界上历史学最发达的国家 ,这种独特的历史现象 ,与中国在殷周时代已经形成的对历史的理性认识有重要关系。这种理性认识应当概括为历史哲学 ,历史哲学开启了历史家的智慧 ,使中国历史文化得到深远而独特的发展 ,从而使中国成为西方历史学家称道的“史家的天国”。 As China is the most developed country in history in the world, this unique historical phenomenon has an important relationship with the rational understanding of history that China has formed in the Yin and Zhou Dynasties. This kind of rational understanding should be summed up as philosophy of history. Historical philosophy opens up the wisdom of historians and gives far-reaching and unique development to Chinese history and culture. As a result, China becomes the “heaven of historians” praised by western historians.