在全國生物科學工作者都在努力學習米丘林生物學和達爾文主義的時候,關於說明達爾文學說的書籍的出版,是具有重要意義的。但是張宗炳先生編寫的“達爾文學說基礎”(大眾出版社出版,1953年7月初版)並沒有全面地、正確地闡明達爾文主義的本質,而相反地,其中存在着不少錯誤。作者在序中認爲這書前後雖然有些重複的地方,所介紹的都是一致的,同樣是正確的。實際上這書往往把正確和錯誤的理論相提並論,對錯誤的理論不加批判或批判得很不徹底,對不少重要的問題,在看法上前後矛盾,思想上顯得很混亂。 While biosciences throughout the country are struggling to learn Michurin’s biology and Darwinism, the publication of books on the Darwinian doctrine is of great importance. However, the basic principle of Darwinism (published by Public Press, July 1953) written by Zhang Zongbing does not fully and correctly state the essence of Darwinism. On the contrary, there are many mistakes. In the preface, the author thinks that although some repetitions are made before and after this book, the explanations are the same and the same is correct. In fact, this book tends to make the comparison between correct and wrong theories. It does not critique or criticize the wrong theories very thoroughly. On many important issues, they are contradictory in their views and seem chaotic in their thinking.