略论《明书》的史学价值

A Brief Discussion of the Value as Historiography of Ming Shu

《明书》是清初史家傅维鳞(1608—1667)任翰林院编修时所纂纪传体明史,因《四库全书》仅列其入存目,并加以否定,学界对《明书》多有误解与轻视。本文由反驳《四库全书总目》对《明书》的批评入手,从《明书》对官修《明史》的影响、对明史研究的价值以及作为第一部明代全史的史学地位等方面,对《明书》做了相对全面、客观、公允的评价。

Ming Shu,compiled by the Qing Dynasty historian and Bianxiu(Editor) of the Hanlin Academy Fu Weilin(1608—1667),is a history of the Ming dynasty arranged into zhuan (‘biographies').Because it was included in the Siku Quanshu compilation but given a negative evaluation,scholars have a misunderstanding and a low regard for this work.The author is opposed to the negative assessment of the work by the editors of Siku Quanshu Zongmu,and shows how it was influential for the compilation of the later Ming Shi,arguing its value for historiography of the Ming Dynasty and providing a complete,objective and balanced assessment of Ming Shu.