关于古史分期的研究,在中国的学术界已开展几十年了。虽然取得了不少成就,使古史研究者逐渐从表面现象深入到历史的本质和规律的研究上,但是由于具体到两周的社会性质到底是奴隶社会还是封建社会,一直没有得到彻底解决,因此不仅影响到学者对其他专门史,如政治、经济、哲学、文学等方面的深入研究,而且还会直接影响到历史教师对西周到秦汉这一段历史的具体讲授。所以,在古史分期问题上,周代的社会性质是迫切地需要尽早解决的。人民出版社最近出版的赵光贤教授所著《周代社会辨析》(以下简称《辨析》一书,就是顺应这种需要出版的。这部书是作者通过长期科学研究、积累数十年辛勤劳动而著成的。它的出版不仅给古史分期提供了一部有价值的参考书,而且对西周史上各个重大问题提供了丰富的研究资料。因而,该书一出版就 The research on the staging of ancient history has been carried out in the academic circles in China for decades. Although many achievements have been made so that ancient history researchers gradually penetrate from the surface phenomena into the study of the essence and law of history, since the specific two-week social nature is a slave society or a feudal society, it has not been completely solved. Therefore, it not only affects the scholars ’in-depth study of other special histories such as politics, economy, philosophy and literature, but also directly affects the history teachers’ specific teaching about the history of the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Qin and Han Dynasties. Therefore, on the issue of the staging of ancient history, the social character of the Zhou Dynasty urgently needs to be solved as soon as possible. People’s Publishing House recently published by Professor Zhao Guangxian “Analysis of the Zhou Dynasty society” (hereinafter referred to as “Discrimination” is published to meet the needs of this book is the author through long-term scientific research, accumulated decades of hard work and And its publication not only provided a valuable reference book for the staging of ancient history, but also provided abundant research materials on major issues in the history of the Western Zhou Dynasty