Abstract: The revolution of terminology targets to the revolution of philosophical view of the world. At the beginning of the foundation of historical materialism, Marx reconstructed the meaning of “society” and in which he established fundamental status of social category. However, when people keep using this concept, they neglect to ask for its real connotation, which leads to a lot of disputes, prejudices and misunderstandings. Thus, starting from the appeal of Marxist new philosophy, breaking through the researching methods of substantiality, empiricism and abstraction, as well as rediscovering the social category and meaning of historical materialism, are the premise of the study of Marxist social historical theory.

Key words: society, category, philosophy-worldview, misreading, identify and correct