崔述古史辨伪学说的现代审视

Modern Evaluation on Cui Shu’s Theory of Discriminating Ancient History

崔述是清乾嘉时期一位出色的辨伪学家 ,为廓清旧的古史体系 ,拨开自汉以来的古史迷雾作出了重要贡献 ,其反传统的批判精神直接为近代疑古思潮提供了养料。此外 ,崔述治史有自觉追求证据确凿、逻辑严密的朴素理性主义精神 ,十分重视史学方法的总结。然而 ,崔述以经书作为考证古史的唯一准绳 。

Cui Shu was a distinguished discriminator in the Qianjia Period of the Qing Dynasty.He made great contributions to the sweeping away of the old system of ancient history and clearing away of the miasma of ancient history from the Han Dynasty.His critical spirit of anti tradition directly provided nourishment for the modern thought trend which doubted ancient history.In addition,Cui Shu had the spirit of pursuing irrefutable evidence and close logic and paid much attention to the summary of methods of historical science.However,Cui Shu took confucian classics as the sole standard for the study of ancient history,which made it impossible for him to establish credible ancient history system