近代史的中心问题是资本主义代替封建主义,资产阶级民主制度代替封建专制制度。中国是遭受帝国主义侵略的国家,所以还有一个反侵略争取民族独立的问题。这两方面的任务是密切联系在一起的。在旧民主主义革命阶段,为实现这两个任务而斗争的领导力量是资产阶级。虽然它不很称职,但历史的命运毕竟作了这样的安排。因此,资产阶级的状况究竟如何,是研究近代史 The central problem in modern history is that capitalism replaced feudalism and bourgeois democracy instead of feudal autocracy. Since China is a country that has suffered aggression from imperialism, there is another issue of opposing aggression and striving for national independence. The two tasks are closely linked. At the stage of the old democratic revolution, the leading force in the struggle for these two tasks was the bourgeoisie. Although it is not very competent, the fate of history has, after all, made such an arrangement. Therefore, what is the status of the bourgeoisie? It is the study of modern history