新中国成立以来,广大的读者迫切地需要一部以马克思主义的立场、观点、方法来写的中国通史的参考书,而解放前后所写的几本中国通史和古代史的书,不论在思想性或科学性上,都显得有些陈旧,远不能满足读者的要求,因此范文澜先生的中国通史简编修订本的出版无疑地是受读者热烈欢迎的。这修订本目前只出了第一册,即古代史部分,但在许多方面已表现了突出的进步。在材料上,它增加了许多旧本所 Since the founding of New China, the vast majority of readers urgently need a reference book of general history written in Chinese with Marxist positions, opinions and methods. However, several books written before and after the liberation of China’s history and ancient history, both ideologically Or scientifically, appear to be old and far from meeting the requirements of the readers. Therefore, the publication of Fan Wenlan’s revised edition of China’s general history is undoubtedly warmly welcomed by the readers. This revision, at the moment, is only Volume I, part of the ancient history, but has shown outstanding advances in many respects. In material terms, it added many old books