眼下,我们正处在“世纪换千”的前夜。20世纪行将结束,这为我们全面回顾和审视,包括史学在内的本世纪学术发展的历程和得失提供了时机。“马克思主义史学”的产生、壮大乃至最后取得“独尊”的地位,是20世纪中国史坛最重要的现象。任何重要社会现象的产生,当然不是某几个人心血来潮的产物,但也不是和某几个人无关。中国“马克思主义史学”所走过的历程就和郭沫若、吕振羽、翦伯赞、范文澜和候外庐等“五老”密不可分。因此,反思20世纪的中国 Right now, we are at the eve of “changing the millennium.” The twentieth century is coming to an end. This provides an opportunity for us to review and examine comprehensively the course and gains and losses of this century’s academic development, including history. The birth, growth, and finally the “exclusive” status of “Marxist historiography” is the most important phenomenon in the 20th century Chinese history. The production of any important social phenomenon is certainly not a product of the whim of a few people, but it is not unrelated to certain people. The course that China’s “Marxist historiography” has gone through is inextricably linked with the “five olds” such as Guo Moruo, Lv Zhenyu, Ju Bozan, Fan Wenlan and Wa Fulu. Therefore, reflect on the 20th century China