历史学家借助历史范畴或概念整理 ,编排和解释历史事件。“现代性”概念是 2 0世纪历史编纂学的核心范畴 ,它指出了大多数国家 2 0世纪历史发展的目的。本文讨论了“现代性”作为人类社会文化发展的一个阶段的特征的内涵及其对 2 0世纪中国历史编纂学的意义 Historians organize, orchestrate and explain historical events by means of historical categories or concepts. The concept of “modernity” is at the core of historiography in the 20th century and points to the purpose of the historical development of most countries in the 20th century. This article discusses the connotation of “modernity” as a characteristic of the stage of cultural development of human society and its significance for compiling Chinese history in the 20th century