50多年前出版的《六十年来中国与日本》(七卷本)是一部集中日关系史料与学术研究于一体的论史专著。它成书于抗日烽火乍起之时,再版于中日关系正常化之日,与20世纪中日关系的变化息息相关。作者王芸生(1901—1980年)是《大公报》记者,因着此书而成为我国研究日本近现代史的著名专家和日本问题的政论家。王芸生自幼家境贫寒,虽只上过几年私塾,却奠定了很好的古文根底。他在做茶叶店和木行的学徒时,抽空阅读 “China and Japan in 60 Years” (七卷 本), published more than 50 years ago, is a monograph on the history of the relations between China and Japan. When it was written in the flames of the war of resistance against Japan and reprinted on the day of the normalization of the relations between China and Japan, it is closely linked to the changes in the relations between China and Japan in the 20th century. The author Wang Yansheng (1901-1980) is a reporter of Ta Kung Pao. Due to this book, Wang Yunsheng became a famous expert on Japan’s modern history and a political commentator on Japan. Wang Yansheng childhood poor family, although only a few years on private school, but laid a good essay. When he was an apprentice in the tea shop and the wood bank, he took time to read