在中国马克思主义史学发展史上,郭沫若是毫无疑义的开山式人物和人格化代表。中国马克思主义史学的辉煌成就与不足,在他的研究过程与研究成果中,都有典型的体现。第一,郭沫若是第一位主动、自觉运用唯物史观系统研究中国历史的学人,是中国马克思主义史学的创立者。一般中国马克思主义史学发展史,都是从李大钊的《史学要论》讲起。如果说李大钊的《史学要论》在中国史坛率先高扬起马克思主义的理论旗帜,那么郭沫若的《中国古代社会研究》则是运用马 In the history of the development of Marxist historiography in China, Guo Moruo is undoubtedly a mountain figure and a personified representative. The brilliant accomplishments and shortcomings of Chinese Marxist historiography are typical examples of his research process and research results. First, Guo Moruo was the first scholar who volunteered to use the system of historical materialism to study Chinese history and was the founder of Chinese Marxist historiography. The general history of the development of Marxist historiography in China is from Li Dazhao’s “Theory of Historiography”. If Li Dazhao’s “theory of history” is the first to raise the theoretical banner of Marxism in the Chinese history of the world, then Guo Moruo’s “Study of Ancient Chinese Society”