元代浙东史学述略

HISTORIANS OF EASTERN ZHEJIANG IN THE YUAN DYNASTY

元代的史学家及其著作,在中国史学史上的地位并不重要,但浙东地区仍涌现出一批有作为的史学家,撰写了不少史书,大致以婺州为中心,可以划分以婺州、绍兴、庆元、温州、台州、处水等地区的六个分支。他们的著作有广博多识、明变术通、经世致用、承上启下和重视乡土史学等特点,对以后清代的浙东著名史学家黄宗羲、万斯同、全祖望等有重大的影响。其中周达观《真腊风土记》更是研究柬埔寨历史的珍贵历史文献。

Though historians of the Yuan dynasty(1271-1368) on the whole are not so important in the history of the historical studies in China,those in Eastern Zhejiang were quite enterprising and wrote some interesting books.With Wuzhou (now Jinhua) as the main centre,there were other historians hailing from Qingyuan(now Ningbo),Shaoxing,Wenzhou,Taizhou and Chuzhou(now Lishui). Their works are characterized by extensive knowledge,political acumen,sense of service to the nation,historical continuity and emphasis on local happenings. They exercised a great influence on the later historians of Easter Zhejiang such as Huang Zongxi,Wan Sitong and Quan Zuwang of the Qing dynasty.The Yuan historian Zhou Dayuan's Social History of Zhenla is a valuable record for the study of the history of Cambodia.