【内容提要】20世纪三四十年代中国马克思主义史家努力运用唯物史观探索中国历史的特点，标志着马 克思主义史学发展的新阶段，范文澜即是其中出色的代表。他以25年心血成功地撰成的通史 著作，当之无愧地成为20世纪中国史学发展的里程碑。所著《中国近代史》，标志着近代史 研究进入了科学的阶段。他所揭示的中国近代史的基本线索，在今天仍有重要的理论意义和 现实意义。当教条化和“左”的倾向盛行之际，他坚决予以抵制，表现出捍卫历史学科学性 的 勇气。

【英文摘要】That Chinese Marxists strive to probe into the characteristic of Chinese histo ry during the 30[th] and 40[th]ages in the 20[th] century,signified a new stage of Ma rxism historical science development,during which Fan Wen-lan is a prominent rep resentative.His general historical writing costing his twenty-five years became t he milestone of Chinese historical development.His Chinese Modern History indica ted the modern history research into a new phrase,and laid

a fundamental patter m.The fundamental clue of Chinese history he had reve