论潘耒的治史主张

对于<明史>修纂,清初史家潘耒在<修明史议>中提出八条主张,即"搜采欲博,考证欲精;职任欲分,义例欲一;秉笔欲直,持论欲平;岁月欲宽,卷帙欲简",涉及史料采集、史事考证、分工合作、修纂义例、史家立场、评判原则、修纂期限、史书卷帙等,对于当时<明史>和后来的<清史>修纂都具有一定的指导意义.

On Pan Lei's Prepositions on the Compilation of History Books

As for the compilation of A History of the Ming Dynasty, Pan Lei in his A Proposal on the Compilation of the Ming Dynasty brings up eight prepositions, that is, an extensive collection of data, a careful textual study, a clear responsibility, a good example, a correct recording, a fair judgment, a wide coverage of the relevant history and a concise edition, which had much guiding significance in those days and has remained so until now.