河南省普通高校人文社会科学重点研究基地河南大学中国古代史研究中心，秉承河南大学历史学科的一贯学风和《古史新探》编辑原则，作者程民生从中心成员近一年多的研究成果中，选出在知名学术刊物上发表的22篇论文编辑成第二辑，串珠成链 ，呈现给学界。阵营中老中青齐备，而青年学者占了 一半；内容上从夏代到清代，政治、经济、文化、考 古、历史地理等等俱全，而宋史研究占了近三分之一 ，展示了河南大学中国古代史学科的优良传统。( Center for Research on Ancient Chinese History of Henan University is the key base of research on humanistic and social science of regular HEIs in Henan Province. Adhering to the consistent style of the history discipline in Henan University and the editing principles of ancient history of New Research on Ancient History, the author Cheng Minsheng selected 22 papers published in famous academic journals from the research results of members in the center in nearly a year and edited them into the second series to present them to the academic circles. The authors of the papers selected include both young and old scholars, and young scholars account for half; the content is comprehensive, from the Xia Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, including politics, economy, culture, archaeology, history, geography, etc., and research on the history of the Song Dynasty accounts for nearly one third, showing the fine tradition of Chinese ancient history discipline in Henan University.)