不管人们是否有思想准备，中国和整个世界都正处于一个崭新的历史转折点。在即将逝去的一个世纪里，现代科技的进步促使整个世界的面貌发生了极大的变化，新的知识结构和思维模式日渐明晰。在这样的时代氛围下，史家必然会面对一些全新的问题：如怎样把握当代的现实；如何对中 No matter whether people are mentally prepared or not, China and the entire world are at a brand new historical turning point. In the forthcoming century, the advancement of modern science and technology has brought about a great change in the face of the entire world. The new knowledge structure and thinking mode are becoming clearer and clearer. In such an atmosphere of the times, historians are bound to face some entirely new problems: how to grasp contemporary reality;