跨越百年的清史对话——读刘海峰《百年清史纂修史》

A Dialogue on the Qing History over One Century:A Review of Liu Haifeng's One Hundred Years Compilation of the Qing History

《百年清史纂修史》首次全面叙述了百年《清史》的纂修经过,对百年《清史》著述进行了全面、综合、客观的评价,使世人对百年《清史》纂修历史有一整体性的了解。尤其是对国家《清史》的纂修经过、体裁体例及其创新之处进行了全面介绍,不失为当今难得一见的史学史专著。但该书仍存在对国家《清史》评价过高、整体框架不合理、部分结论不严谨等学术问题,确有修改完善之必要。

One Hundred Years Compilation of the Qing History is an narrative of the experience of compilation of the Qing history in the span of a hundred years,and give comprehensive and objective reviews on writings about the Qing history,especially makes an overall introduction to the national project of the Qing history compilation, including its process, type, style and innovation. The book covers the whole process of the Qing history compilation over a hundred years,is a monograph on history of historical writings rare to see nowadys. Its shortcomings include overestimation of the value of the national project of the Qing history, inappropriate structure, and some less rigorous conclusions, the quality of the book remains to be improved.