论《樵史通俗演义》对明代党争的评判

Qiaoshi as a Criticism of Partisan Disputes in the Ming Dynasty

晚明时期,朝廷内部日益激烈的党争,成为晚明政治生活中的一个中心主题。党争是明朝衰败直至灭亡的重要原因之一,成书于清顺治年间的《樵史通俗演义》,是以记叙晚明历史为主要内容的作品,党争是其有意识反映的重要主题。《樵史通俗演义》描述明代党争过程全面而详细,评价党争的态度相对客观而公正。尽管该书在史实叙述中存在着一些偏颇和失实之处,但在反映晚明党争方面堪称是一部全景式的集大成之作。

In the late Ming Dynasty, the increasingly fierce party disputes within the imperial court became a central topic in political life. The disputes became one of the reasons for Ming＇s decline. Published in the period of Emperor Shunzhi, Qiaoshi, a popular historical novel, describes in detail the partisan disputes in the Ming Dynasty, in which the criticism to partisan dispute is fair and objective. Though there are some shortcomings in this book, it is a great book about the disputes in late Ming Dynasty.