学习祖国历史特别是近代史,对于加强精神文明建设具有重要的作用。近年来,广大群众都在热情洋溢地学习中国近代史,这中间,胡绳同志的近着《从鸦片战争到五四运动》特别引起大家的注意,认为是一本很有教育意义的好书。八月下旬,本刊乘一些近代史专家在承德避暑山庄开会之便,邀约几位同志座谈这本著作。同志们从史学工作者的角度,着重谈到本书的特色,并旁及中国近代史研究等问题。本刊编辑部和参加座谈的同志一致认 Studying the history of the motherland, especially the modern history, plays an important role in strengthening the building of spiritual civilization. In recent years, the masses have been enthusiastically learning the modern history of China. In the middle of this period, Comrade Hu Yao’s “From the Opium War to the May 4th Movement” was especially noticed by everyone and regarded as a very good book of education . In late August, we published some specialists in modern history meeting in Chengde Mountain Resort, and invited a few comrades to discuss the book. Comrades, from the perspective of historians, focus on the features of this book and discuss issues such as the study of modern Chinese history. Our editorial department and the comrades participating in the symposium agreed