《明史·刘辰传》勘误一则

A Corrigendum in Biography of Liu Chen in Ming History

《明史·刘辰传》所记“十四年起行部左侍郎”为误,当为永乐六年。此误为纂修史臣于《明史》最后成书环节根据《明太宗实录》所附刘辰小传误推而来,并进一步导致了后人对刘辰卒年的误推。此外,《明太宗实录》刘辰小传也是《国朝列卿纪》《续文献通考》对刘辰履历的误记的主要原因。

The record in Biography of Liu Chen in Ming History that he was appointed as the senior assistant minister of theMinistry of Inspection in the 14th year of Yongle is wrong, which should be the 6th year of Yongle. This mistake was mistakenlydeduced from Liu Chen's biography attached to Records of Ming Taizong in the final copy of Ming History by history recorders,and further led to the mistaken deduction of Liu Chen's death year by later generations. In addition, Liu Chen's biography ofRecords of Ming Taizong is also the main reason for the false record of Liu Chen's resume in Biography of Official Ministers ofDynasties and The Sequel to Wenxian Tongkao.