南炳文、汤纲二位先生撰写的《明史》(下)已由上海人民出版社出版。全书约68万余字,叙述了自万历十年以后明朝后期的政治、民族关系、明末农民大起义、南明政权、明朝的文化及明朝对外关系等方面内容,其篇幅之大、资料之多、立意之新.不愧为一部填补建国以来明史研究空白的力作。该书至少有以下几个特点。 “Ming History” by Nan Bingwen and Tang Gang, two gentlemen (below) has been published by Shanghai People’s Publishing House. The book contains more than 680,000 words. It narrates the political, ethnic relations in the late Ming Dynasty, the peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty, the regime in Nanming, the culture of the Ming Dynasty and the external relations of the Ming Dynasty since the 10th year of Wanli. As much information, new conception, worthy of a masterpiece to fill the gaps in the history of Ming Dynasty since the founding of the PRC. The book has at least the following characteristics.