袁枚说史

Yuan Mei's Comments on Historiography

袁枚是清代乾嘉时期杰出的诗人和文学家。古代文史相通,作为文学家的袁枚,对于史学也颇有见地,他提出了"古有史无经"、"作史者只须据事直书"、"古无正统之说"等重要观点,不仅反映他的史学思想,也丰富了乾嘉时期的史学。

Yuan Mei was an eminent litterateur or poet in Qianlong and Jiaqing Period of Qing Dynasty. In the field of historical comments,he put forward several principles for us to follow when conducting research,for example,‘the Six Classics were all historiographical documents＇,‘Writing historical facts faithfully＇,which enriched the historiography of the time