湯斌与“明史”的纂修

Tang Bin's standpoint on the compilation of the History of the Ming Dynasty

汤斌,河南睢州人,仕顺、康两朝,两度参与《明史》的纂修。他主张修史应秉笔直书,不溢美,不掩恶,因此而开罪於皇帝,但始终坚持史家道义大德,而使《明史》给抗清义士以应有的历史地位。

Tang Bin. native of Juzhou. Henan Province, was an official in the reigns of Shunzhi and Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. As one of the participators in the compilation of the History of the Ming Dynasty. he maintained that the history should be written straightforwardly. not have to cover up one dynasty's bad deeds and praise its virtues. The emperor was offended with Tang for his standpoint on this matter. But, in spite of this. Tang Bin still held firmly to the historian's morality and justice and gave the righteous persons who resisted the Qing Dynasty a proper position in the History of the Ming Dynasty.