国家主席习近平在致第二十二届国际历史科学大会的贺信上说到,历史是人类最好的老师。毫无疑问,学好历史对一个人的成长有重要作用。对中学生而言,面对繁重的学习任务,很难专门抽出时间来阅读历史学习的相关书籍,即使有空闲也未必能找到好的入门书。近来品读葛剑雄教授、周筱赟博士的《历史学是什么》,深感此书不仅能帮助人们了解历史学习和研究的基本价值和取向,还可作为中学生历史学习的入门书。 In his message to the 22nd International Congress of Historical Science, President Xi Jinping said that history is the best teacher of mankind. There is no doubt that learning history well plays an important role in the growth of a person. For middle school students, in the face of heavy learning tasks, it is difficult to specially devote time to reading relevant books on history study, and may not be able to find a good primer even if they have time. The recent reading of Professor Ge Jianxiong and Dr. Zhou Xiaoyun’s “What is history?” This book not only helps people to understand the basic values ​​and orientations of historical study and research, but also serves as a primer for secondary school students’ history learning.