江泽民同志在世纪之交提出的“三个代表”重要思想，是运用历史唯物主义的科学观点和方法，从哲学的高度对马克思主义党建理论的高度概括和新的发展。“三个代表”既以唯物史观为科学的理论基础，又为唯物史观的发展开拓了新的理论空间。一、唯物史观是“三个代表”的理论基础 The important thinking of the ’Three Represents’ proposed by Comrade Jiang Zemin at the turn of the century is to use the scientific viewpoints and methods of historical materialism to highly summarize and new developments in the theory of Marxist party building from a philosophical standpoint. The “Three Represents” both explored a new theoretical space with the historical materialism as the theoretical basis for science and the development of historical materialism. First, historical materialism is the theoretical basis of the “three represents.”