1516年12月下旬出版的托馬斯·莫爾著《烏托邦》,是近代空想社會主義思想的開山之作,《烏托邦》問世與世界社會主義的發展迄今已經有500年光輝歷程。《烏托邦》從1903—1934年在我國書刊中初步傳播,到1935年劉麟生的第一個中譯本出版,1956年戴鎦齡的第二個中譯本問世(1982年修訂再版),1998年以來中國大陸地區已陸續推出13個中譯本,臺灣地區也出版了4個新譯本。我國早期書刊和上述中譯本的出版,對《烏托邦》關于社會主義理想的傳播起了重要的歷史作用,啟蒙和鼓舞了中國人民為實現美好的社會主義理想而奮斗。百年來,科學社會主義在中國廣泛而深入的傳播,幾乎與烏托邦社會主義在中國的譯介同步。正是基于馬克思、恩格斯批判烏托邦社會主義的空想,又繼承烏托邦社會主義的理想,更超越烏托邦社會主義的理論論證和實踐方案,實現了社會主義從烏托邦式的空想到歷史實踐中的科學的轉變,推動中國革命在馬克思主義中國化時代進程中最終走向了成功,為科學社會主義理論在中國特色社會主義偉大實踐中的歷史性展開,致力于實現21世紀中華民族偉大復興,提供了科學行動指南

Thomas More’s Utopia,published in 1516,is a pioneering work of utopian socialism from the early modern era.Like the development of world socialism,it has so far weathered five centuries.Following the first mentions of Utopia in Chinese books and magazines in the decades from 1903to 1934,the first Chinese translation,by Liu Linsheng,appeared in 1935,followed by one by Dai Liuling in 1956（revised and republished in 1982）.By 1998,13translations had appeared in the mainland of China as well as four new translations in the Taiwan region.The early Chinese publications and translations played an important historical role in the spread of scientific socialist ideals and inspired the Chinese to strive for the fulfillment of these glorious ideals.Over the past century and more,the extensive and profound spread of scientific socialism in China has virtually kept pace with the introduction and translation of utopian socialism.Marx and Engels denounced its lack of realism but carried on its socialist ideals.Rising above its theoretical arguments and practical programs,they realized socialism’s scientific transformation from utopian fantasy to historical practice.It was their efforts that propelled the Chinese revolution to its final victory in the course of the sinicization of Marxism,providing a scientific guide to action for the historical fulfillment of the theory of scientific socialism in the great socialist practice with Chinese characteristics,and for striving for the great revival of the Chinese nation in the 21st century.