范公偁与《过庭录》

FAN Gong-cheng and <The Note of Linstening to Instructions While Passing the Hall>

范公偁是范仲淹的玄孙、范纯仁的曾孙,所著《过庭录》是一部颇有学术价值的笔记小说。书中有关宋代士人的轶闻遗事、文坛掌故,可补《宋史》之阙。更重要的是,该书中有关范仲淹及其子孙的记载,是作者从其父正思处得来。范氏几代人心忧天下,忠贞为国的品质,在本书中得到了充分阐释。它是研究范氏家族弥足珍贵的资料。

FAN Gong-cheng was FAN Zhong-yan＇ s great-great-grandson and FAN Ghun-ren＇s great-grandson and 〈 The Note of Linstening to Instructions While Passing the Hall 〉 is a quite valuable note. In that note there are quite a lot of personal anecdotes of Song dynasty, which can mend the lose of 〈 The History of Song Dynasty 〉. What the more is that in that note there are records about FAN Zhong-yan and his sons and grandsons. Several generations of FAN family took care of the country, their noble qualities are fully clarified in that note. Thus that note is a valuable datum for studying FAN＇ s family.