《史通》书名辨证

书名是认识该书性质的最重要的事项之一。产生于唐代的《史通》 ,自宋代起 ,学者们对其书名内涵的解释仁智相参 ,颇不一致。分歧的关键即在一“通”字。有的认为《史通》之“通”是笺注的意思 ;有的认为与语言通顺有关 ;还有的辨析此“通”没有“通识”的意思 ,也不具备“贯通”之意。异说纷纭 ,莫衷一是 ,影响到了对《史通》主题思想或作者主体意识的认识的一致性。其实 ,作为史学理论大家的刘知几深明书名体现和规范该书性质的道理 ,对其书名的涵义是有明确界定的。所谓“史”即指历史学 ;所谓“通”即通义的省称 ,属古代理论文体专有名称。

Identifying the Name of "Shi Tong"

The title of a book is one of the most important matters to recognize the property of the book." Shi Tong " was wrote in Tang Dynasy,From Song Dynasty on ,scholars annotated the theme differently,These different annotations mainly resulted from the character" Tong " .Someone thought " Tong " means interpretation,someone thought it was concerning the smooth of language,others thought it was not the meaning of having thorough knowledge,nor the meaning of threading together.In fact,as theorist of history,Liu Zhiji had deeply known book title could define the book's character,and it also was a embodiment of the book.So Liu Zhiji really had identified the content of his book's name clearly.So called" Shi " was history;So called " tong " was the abstract of having thorough knowledge.Both of them were the special name of the style of ancient theoretic essay.