元朝官方修史对地方史料的征集

The Collection of Local Historical Materials in the Compilation of Official History in the Yuan Dynasty

元朝延续中原王朝修史传统,加强官方史学建设,纂修了大量史书典籍。在实录、正史和一统志的纂修过程中,朝廷不仅广泛招揽修史人才,而且从地方上大量征集史料,逐渐形成了制度化的采纂体系。这些做法保障了官修史书的成书质量,加强了官方对修史的控制,同时也刺激了地方上的修史热情,一定程度上推动了元代史学的发展。元朝征集地方史料的做法被明清两代所继承,成为了中国古代修史传统的重要组成部分。

The Yuan government carried forward the tradition of compiling history of previous dynasties, developing the official history and compiling a number of historical books. In the compilation of veritable records, official histories, and general chronicles, the Yuan government not only extensively recruited historians, but also collected a large amount of historical materials from local sources, gradually forming an institutionalized collecting and compiling system. These measures which the government took maintained the quality of the official history books and kept control of the compiling history, at the same time, they aroused the local government enthusiasm for compiling history, which promoted the development of historiography in the Yuan Dynasty. The measures of collecting local historical materials in the Yuan Dynasty was succeeded by the Ming and Qing governments and became a tradition of compiling history in traditional China.