宋代史家对信史传统的继承和发展

On the Inheritance and Development of the Tradition of True and Reliable History by Song Historians

讲求信史是中国史学的优良传统,历代正直的史家都把信史原则作为史学活动的最高准则。宋代史家辈出,他们多以信史理念从事历史编纂和历史考辨工作,从撰述一代信史的目标出发,直陈君主观史、宰相监修造成的曲笔之弊,提出了恢复起居郎、起居舍人之职,完善史官专任制度、规范《日历》编修程序等具体措施。在史才选拔方面,又提出了"良直"、"明识"等重要标准,为丰富和推动信史传统的进一步发展作出了贡献。

It is a tradition for China＇s historians to write true and reliable history as their highest principle of engaging historical activities. There were historians forth in large numbers in Song dynasty who believing the principle of Trustworthy Historical Record to compile and analyze history books. Therefore, they reviled the mistakes of the emperors to keep a check on the official history books and the Prime - Ministers＇ abusing their editorial supervision so they proposed to reinstate some historiographers such as qiju lang and qiju sheren to improve the system of official historiography. At the same time, they put the characters of ＂upright and fineness＂ and ＂explicit and knowledgeable＂ as the standard for a historiographer to enrich and develop the Trustworthy Historical Record tradition.