1987年第4期《学习与探索》在“史学观念和史学方法的讨论”专栏中,刊载了步平题为《关于史学功能的超越性》的文章。作者认为,研究历史固然要立在现实的基石上充分利用过去的历史资料。但史学的描述功能、借鉴和预测功能以及教育功能的充分实现,要求史学研究超越资料不足的障碍,超越现实的局限,超越传统与世俗的不合时宜的观念。史学的描述功 1987, No. 4 “Learning and Exploration” In the column of “Discussion on Historical Ideas and Historical Methods,” he published an essay titled “Transcendence of Historical Functions”. The author believes that, while studying history, we must make full use of past historical materials on the cornerstone of reality. However, the descriptive, referential and predictive functions of history and the full realization of educational functions require historical studies to go beyond the barriers of insufficient information, transcend the limitations of reality, and transcend the outdated concepts of tradition and secularity. Descriptive work of history