白璧中的微瑕──对白寿彝主编《中国通史》中科技史知识的“吹毛求疵”

On Mistakes of Knowledge about the History of Science and Technology in Bai Shouyi's General History of China

白寿彝先生主编的《中国通史》是中国历史研究的皇 皇巨著。对于科技史知识给予了充分重视，是它有别于传统中国历史学著作的一个显著特点 。但是，书中的科技史部分也存在着诸如叙述不准确、概念不清楚、对科学原理理解有误、 对古代科技文献解读有偏差之类的问题。这些问题的存在，无损于该书所享有的崇高的学术地位。

The work General History of China with Prof.Bai S houyi as its chief editor is a monument in the sphere of studies on the history of China.It pays great attention to the knowledge of science and technology,whi ch makes it different from traditional works on the history of China.However,the re are some mistakes in the part mentioned above.This paper points out the mista kes and then has them analysed.The author thinks the book still deserves to be h ighly esteemed in academic circles despite its slight blemishes.