Authors: Tuotuo, Arutu, etc
Publisher: None
Content introduction:
The History of Song Dynasty was compiled at the end of Yuan Dynasty, presided over by Prime Minister and Arutu successively, and seven people, including timur Tazhi, He, Zhang Qiyan and Ouyang Xuan, served as the chief executive officers. This book has 47 biographies, 32 tables, 255 biographies and 496 volumes, and is the largest official history book in the twenty-four histories.
As early as the early Yuan Dynasty, Kublai Khan wrote to the editor of the History of Song Dynasty in Yuan Shizu. Later, Jue Yuan also asked to buy the suicide note of Liao, Jin and Song Dynasties, and Yu Ji was also ordered to preside over the compilation of the three histories of Liao, Jin and Song Dynasties. Because there are different opinions on the compilation style of The History of Song Dynasty in Yuan Dynasty, one school wants to "take the Song Dynasty as the century, take Liao and Jin as its ambition", and the other school wants to "take Liao and Jin as the history of the North, and even Jingkang as the history of the Song Dynasty, and then make suggestions as the history of the Southern Song Dynasty", and the two sides "hold their own words" [1] has not been written for a long time. 1343 (the third year of Yongzheng), Yuan Shundi revised the three histories of Liao, Jin and Song [2], and determined that Song, Liao and Jin were each a history. The History of Song Dynasty was written in 1345 (the fifth year of Zheng Zheng) in only two and a half years on the basis of the completion of historical biography.
Among the Twenty-four Histories, The History of Song Dynasty is famous for its voluminous volume. The biographies of more than 2,000 people are twice as many as those of the old Tang books, and the record is unique in the twenty-four histories. There are fourteen volumes in Shi Ji, which is seven times that of Old Tang Shu. Military Records [1] [3] Zhao Yi: Note 22 of Volume XXIII of Historical Records. (2) The History of Yuan Dynasty (Volume 41) Shun Di Ji.
Twelve volumes, twelve times that of New Tang Book. Li Zhi has twenty-eight volumes, accounting for half of all Li Zhi in the twenty-four histories. The History of the Song Dynasty compiled at the end of the Yuan Dynasty was compiled by Yuan people using the old History of the Song Dynasty, which basically preserved the original appearance of the national history of the Song Dynasty. The History of the Song Dynasty recorded the politics, economy, military affairs, culture, ethnic relations, laws and regulations of the Song Dynasty and many people who were active in this historical period in detail. It is the basic historical data for studying the history of more than 300 years in the Song Dynasty. For example, from the Chronicle of Foodstuffs, we can not only see the general situation of social and economic development in the Song Dynasty and the strengthening of the joint economic attack of various ethnic groups and regions in China, but also see the great material wealth created by the working people beyond the previous generation and the cruel exploitation suffered. Astronomical and meteorological data, scientific data and rich historical materials about natural disasters such as earthquakes are kept in astronomy, calendars and the chronicles of the five elements.
The History of Song Dynasty has the characteristics that feudal history books did not have in the past, that is, the basic idea it always follows is Zhu Cheng Neo-Confucianism. According to the summary of the Catalogue of Sikuquanshu in the Qing Dynasty, the history of Song Dynasty "gives priority to Taoism and ignores everything else" [1]. Qian Daxin, a historian of the Qing Dynasty, also said, "Taoism, especially Zhu's, is the most respected in the history of the Song Dynasty. [2] This is realistic. The figures who played a major role in the compilation of Song history were all Taoist believers. For example, The Knowledge of Timur Tower compiled by Songshi was praised by many scholars and deeply studied by Confucian books of the International Labour Organization [3]. Zhang Qiyue paid more attention to "the source of Confucianism and Taoism in Song Dynasty" [1]. Especially in the compilation of the History of Song Dynasty, Ouyang Xuan [2], who was "especially engaged in labor", was a Taoist scholar who was "impressed by various Confucian sources in Ilo" [3]. The principle of compiling the History of Song Dynasty is to follow the theory of "the life of Confucianism first", "reasoning before speaking, respecting morality and reusing". Calligraphy is proud of it, and the theory of righteousness relies on it to help "[4]. Under this principle, the style of Ouyang Xuan's History of the Song Dynasty, its theory, praise and preface, and the preface to the History of the Song Dynasty [5] all embody the implementation of Taoist thought.
There are many shortcomings in the tailoring of historical materials, the textual research of historical facts and the style of the book. , making it known as miscellaneous in the twenty-four histories. The History of the Song Dynasty is based on the national history of the Song Dynasty. [6] The National History of the Song Dynasty has a very detailed record of the Northern Song Dynasty, but it has been "rarely recorded" since the middle of the Southern Song Dynasty. The history of the Song Dynasty also followed the same pattern, which seemed to be detailed in the front and slight in the back, and top-heavy. There are many contradictions in the history of the Song Dynasty. For example, a person has two biographies, but there is no biography, and one thing can be read several times, without text, subject and biography, biography and biography, table and biography, biography and biography are contradictory, and so on.
The History of the Song Dynasty mainly has the following versions: it was originally engraved on Hangzhou Road 1346 (six years from Yuan Dynasty to Zheng Dynasty); 1480 (16th year of Ming Chenghua) Chenghua Edition (Zhu Ying was engraved in Guangzhou according to the manuscript of Yuan Edition, and later editions mostly used it as the base): Ming Jiajing Nanjing imperial academy Edition (Nanjian Edition): Ming Wanli Beijing imperial academy Edition (Beijian Edition); Wuying Hall (Hall) in the fourth year of Qing Qianlong; In the first year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty, Zhejiang Bookstore (local edition); 1934, the collection of Shanghai Commercial Press (1958, some volumes were revised). The patchwork version is a better version, because it is photocopied with the original version and the Ming Hua version, and it has been proofread with the temple version, and some typos have been repaired and corrected. Therefore, this Collation of Song History is based on Patchwork Book, absorbing the achievements of Ye's Collation of Song History by Yuan Yun and his Collation of Song History, and referring to Temple Book and Bureau Book. Our school and other schools have properly handled the points that are constantly unreadable and cannot be corrected from the version, and explained them in the collation notes at the end of the volume.