《近代稗海》是中国近代稗史丛书,由中国社会科学院近代史研究所近代史资料编辑室编辑,四川人民出版社出版。我是编辑室的成员,先说一说编辑这部丛书的缘起。中华人民共和国建立以来,中国史学会主编了《中国近代史资料丛刊》,人民出版社重印了许多新民主主义革命时期的报刊和资料,许多机关、团体、学校也编印了各种专题史料,史料工作的成绩是很大的。近代史研究所于1954年创办《近代史资料》杂志,征集鸦片战争到中华人民共和国建立一百多年间的档案、函电、日记、著作稿本和罕见书报等等,编为期刊和专刊。一面保存、流传孤本,一面做为已刊的资料之补充。期刊杂载各种史料而篇幅有限,专刊不拘篇幅却限于专题。历史科学要求详细地占有材料;孤本史料也需要早日印行流传,以 “Modern Barnyard Sea” is a series of modern Chinese barbarian books, edited by the Institute of Modern History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences edited by the Editorial Department of Modern History, Sichuan People’s Publishing House. I am a member of the editorial board, let me talk about editing the origins of this series. Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the Chinese Historical Society has compiled the “Series of Chinese Modern History Materials”, and the People’s Publishing House has reprinted many newspapers and materials in the period of the new-democratic revolution. Many organs, organizations and schools have also printed various historical materials, The achievements of the historical work are great. The Institute of Modern History founded the Journal of Modern History in 1954 and collected the archives, correspondence, diaries, drafts, and rare books and periodicals, etc., which have been established in the People’s Republic of China since the Opium War, and compiled them into journals and special issues. While preserving and circulating the lonely one, as a supplement to published information. Periodicals contain a variety of historical materials and space is limited, the special issue of any length is limited to the topic. Historical science requires detailed possession of materials; a single historical material also needs to be printed and circulated as soon as possible