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接近世纪之交,社会上随处可以感触到一种迎接新世纪的热烈气氛。无数人在期待着一片新的天地。历史学家总是在过去与未来之间进行着实践活动,当新的世纪即将呈现在自己眼前时,素称研究过去之事件的历史学家是否也应该憧憬未来呢?历史学家面对的是过去,但历史研究的目的却是面向未来,因而对未来应有着更为理性地期待。19世纪在西方被称作历史学的世纪,而中国那时还倍受凌辱。假如说历史学被规定了一条自身发展道路的话,中国的历史学家们就不得不在20世纪中尽力走完西方历史学家两个世纪走的路程,其难度是可以想象的。一百年匆匆,20世纪正挥手向我们
At the turn of the century, the community can feel the warm atmosphere of greeting the new century everywhere. Countless people are looking forward to a new world. Historians always carry out practical activities between the past and the future. When the new century is about to come to their forefront, should historians who claim to study past events also look forward to the future? It is the past, but the purpose of historical research is to face the future, so we should expect it more rationally in the future. The nineteenth century was called the century of history in the West, and China was much humiliating at the time. If history is set forth as a path of its own development, Chinese historians will have to make every effort to complete the course of two centuries of western historians in the 20th century. The difficulty is conceivable. A hundred years in a hurry, the 20th century is waving to us