中国抗日战争爆发后不久的1940年,正值鸦片战争100周年纪念。当年6月间,我发表了一篇题为《中国对外战争中的民众力量(纪念鸦片战争百周年)》的文章。那时国内研究近代史的很少,报刊杂志也并无纪念文章。不久,我见到重庆生活书店发行的《读书月报》上发表一篇题为《从新刊里看中国》的专文,其中有一节是摘述介绍我那篇纪念文章的内容。看来当时进步杂志是注意这个问题的。回忆这段往事,不觉半个世纪很快过去了。现在又临到鸦片战争150周年。现在国内对近代史的研究已成热门,正在掀起全国纪念的热潮。恰好今年也已 Shortly after the outbreak of the Chinese Anti-Japanese War in 1940, the 100th anniversary of the Opium War. In June of that year, I published an article entitled “People’s Power in China’s Foreign Wars (Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Opium War).” At that time, there were very few studies on modern history in China and there was no memorial article in newspapers and periodicals. Soon I saw an article titled “Looking at China from a New Issue” in the Monthly Reading Bulletin issued by the Chongqing Life Bookstore. One of the sections featured an introduction of my memorial article. It seems that the progress of the magazine is to pay attention to this issue. Memories of this past, feel half a century soon passed. Now comes the 150th anniversary of the Opium War. At present, the research on modern history in China has become a hot topic and the craze for commemorating the whole country is setting off. Just this year also