浓墨重彩:班固与武帝时期历史的书写

The Highlight: Ban Gu and the Historiography During the Reign of the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty

班固重新搜集大量新史料,运用睿思,撰成内容丰富的《武帝纪》,又围绕本纪,以列传、志中的记载与之关联、补充,展开对武帝时期历史的全面记述,此项确是班固在历史编纂学史上的重大贡献。对此做专题的深入考察,能够提供大量生动有力的证据,说明班固不愧为一代良史,他有卓越的史才,高明的史识和高尚的史德。这对于深刻认识和恰当评价武帝鼎盛时期的历史,并从中获得治国施政的启示,也大有裨益。

Ban Gu gathered a large number of new historical documents; with his wisdom and sagacity,he composed the content-rich ＂Wudi Ji＂and gave a comprehensive account of the history of the period of Emperor Wu,centred in annals and associated and complemented with biographies and treatises. This is indeed his major contribution to historiography. So an in-depth investigation can provide a lot of vivid and powerful evidences that Ban Gu deserved the title of a qualified historian with his outstanding talent,sagacious knowledge and noble virtue in history. In the meanwhile,the study is also beneficial to profound understanding and proper evaluation of the history of Emperor Wu＇s heyday and obtaining the enlightenment for the state administration.