[编者按]近年来,国内史学界有关公众史学(抑或公共史学)的讨论渐兴渐热,所涉内容既有理论方法和学科建设等纯学术性质的探讨;更有史学工作者如何让自己的研究面向社会大众,以及普通民众应该怎样更好地参与历史记述等老问题的新探索。历史学的研究如何服务于社会,这是一个长期以来一直困扰史学工作者的老问题,而公众(共)史学恰恰是为了解决这一问题,在拓展新的研究 [Editor’s note] In recent years, the discussion of public historiography (or public historiography) in the domestic historiography community has been gradually getting hotter and hotter. The content of the discussion has not only theoretical approaches and disciplinary construction, but also purely academic discussions. Research for the general public, and how ordinary people should better participate in the historical exploration of new issues such as the old exploration. How historical research serves the community is an old problem that has plagued historians for a long time, and public (total) historiography precisely aims to solve this problem and to expand new research