我是半路向史的。浩如烟海的史籍和洋洋数千万言的各类中国通史,曾使我望而生畏,惊叹不已。然而,潜心研读之余,渐渐地,却常生朦胧缺憾之感,是什么呢?说不清。直到有一天,偶然读到英国学者赫·乔·韦尔斯写于本世纪上半叶的《世界史纲·生物和人类的简明史》(人民出版社1982年10月第一版)之后,朦胧的才变为清晰。 仅以《世界史纲》末尾,述及第一次世界大战结束的景况举例。韦尔斯在书中写道: I am halfway to history. The vast history books and the tens of millions of Chinese verses that have made us feel daunting and marvelous. However, devote themselves to studying more than, gradually, but often regret the sense of regret, what is it? Until one day, after I read the book, “The History of the World, A Brief History of Biology and Humanity,” written by British scholar 赫乔乔韦尔 in the first half of this century (People’s Publishing House first edition in October 1982) Obscure before it becomes clear. Only the “World History” at the end of the article, referring to the end of the First World War scene example. Wells wrote in the book: