党的十八届三中全会提出在新的历史起点上全面深化改革,为全党指明了方向,也为党史研究提出了新的课题。改革开放的特点是开拓进取,向着未来进军。历史研究的特点是尊重史实,回眸过去。两者比较,一是瞻前,一是顾后;一为动态,一为固化;一寻来龙,一观去脉。对此要有区别,颠倒了就是错误。但是,事情又不是单一的、绝对的。按照辩证唯物主义的观点,事物都有矛盾的两个方面,它 The Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee proposed comprehensively deepening the reform from the new historical starting point, pointing out the direction for the entire party and also putting forward new topics for the study of the history of the party. The characteristic of reform and opening up is to forge ahead and march toward the future. Historical research is characterized by respect for historical facts, reviewing the past. The two are compared, one is looking ahead, one is Gu Gu; one for the dynamic, one for the cure; a search for a dragon, a view to the pulse. There must be a difference between this and it is a mistake to turn it over. However, things are not single and absolute. According to the dialectical materialist point of view, things have two contradictions, it