抗战时期毛泽东倡导全党大兴学习和研究中国历史之风,延安根据地学人积极响应。范文澜、尹达、叶蠖生、谢华、许立群等一批学者在中国古代社会性质及古史分期问题、原始社会史、中国古代思想文化史、中国古代通史等领域取得了一列创新性成就;其研究成果具有鲜明的时代特点,产生了深远的学术影响。 During the war of resistance against Japan, Mao Zedong advocated that the entire party should be encouraged to learn and study the history of China, and Yan’an would respond positively to its scholars. A group of scholars such as Fan Wenlan, Yin Da, Ye Tiesheng, Xie Hua and Xu Liqun made a series of innovative achievements in the aspects of the social nature of ancient China, the issue of the staging of ancient history, the primitive social history, the history of ancient Chinese thought and culture, and the history of ancient China. The research results have distinct characteristics of the times and have far-reaching academic impact.