本书以时间为经，以事件为纬，同时契合历史发展的脉络，将上下五千年史事撷英取华，既展现重大历史事件的本来面目，又注重整合历史的内在关联，力求内容条理清晰，利于读者阅读，成为一部集知识性、工具性与编写体例独特性于一身的历史读物。(The book is based on times and events, corresponds to the vein of historical development, extracts the essence of historical events in five thousand years, emphasizes on both revealing the truth of major historical events and integrating the internal relations of history, strives to make the content clarified and easy to read, to be a historical book that combined knowledge, instrumental meaning and uniqueness in compilation style.)