Historiography in the Song Dynasty: Its Characteristics and Significance
Resource
臺大歷史學報, 23, 349-373
Journal
臺大歷史學報
Journal Issue
23
Pages
349-373
Date Issued
1999-06
Date
1999-06
Author(s)
Wang, T.Y.
Abstract
The study of history during the Song Dynasty thrived to an extent unseen before and since. Among its special features are: (1) wide references and extensive textual research; (2) emphasis upon the application of historical knowledge and perspectives; (3) the introduction of new styles in history writing; (4) the construction of a general history. The historians in the Song period were devoted to a very wide varieties of subject matter, and very productive in their research, dwarfing historians in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties. Even the historians in the Q'ing Dynasty were no match to their Song's predecessors, whether in historiographical research or in the study of contemporary history.
Subjects
史學特質
徵信
資治
義理
編年
新史體
經世思想
Song Dynasty
Historiography the application of historical knowledge
historical writing
Type
journal article