《史鉴节要便读》是晚清时儿童学习中国历史的教科书。此书出版以后影响很大,主要内容是介绍中国有史以来重大政治历史事件,因而也涉及到军事、经济、地理、文化等各个方面。它从盘古氏开天劈地说起,一直写到明末,也是一本简要的中国通史。形式上以四言诗为主,旁有注释,使儿童们易学易记。虽有其缺点和局限性,但对一些近现代名人的事业成就有一定帮助。 The Book of History is a Textbook for Children Learning Chinese History in the Late Qing Dynasty. After the publication of this book a great impact, the main content is to introduce major political and historical events in China since, and therefore related to the military, economic, geographical and cultural aspects. Speaking from Pangu open-cut, it has been written to the end of the Ming Dynasty, but also a brief history of China. In the form of four-character poems, next to the notes, so that children learn easy to remember. Although its shortcomings and limitations, but some of the achievements of recent celebrities have some help.