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Historical critique (shiping 史評)


The type of historical critique (shiping lei 史評類) is a sub-category to the literary category of historiography (shibu 史部) in the collectaneum Siku quanshu 四庫全書. It was first introduced by the Song period 宋 (960-1279) bibliography Junzhai dushu zhi 郡齋讀書志. Two types of books are united in this section, firstly critiques on historiography, like Liu Zhiji's 劉知幾 Shitong 史通 or Zhang Xuecheng's 章學誠 Wenshi tongyi 文史通義, and secondly, books critically commenting historical events, like Wang Fuzhi's 王夫之 Du tongjian lun 讀通鑒論 and Songlun 宋論. The section on historical critique in the Siku quanshu includes 24 books.

書名 Title Composer(s)
史通 Shitong (Tang) 劉知幾 Liu Zhiji
唐鑒 Tangjian (Song) 范祖禹 Fan Zuyu; 呂祖謙 Lü Zuqian (comm.)
唐史論斷 Tangshi lunduan (Song) 孫甫 Sun Fu
三國雜事 Sanguo zashi (Song) 唐庚 Tang Geng
六朝通鑒博議 Liuchao tongjian boyi (Song) 李燾 Li Tao
宋大事記講義 Song da shiji jiangyi (Song) 呂中 Lü Zhong
兩漢筆記 Lianghan biji (Song) 錢時 Qian Shi
通鑒答問 Tongjian dawen (Song) 王應麟 Wang Yinglin
史糾 Shijiu (Ming) 朱明鎬 Zhu Minggao
御批資治通鑒綱目 (Zhupi) Zizhi tongjian gangmu (Tongjian gangmu) (Song) 朱熹 (comp.); 清聖祖 Qing Shengzu (comm.)
通鑒綱目前編 * Tongjian gangmu qianbian (Ming) 1) 南軒 Nan Xuan, 2) Xu Gao 許誥
通鑒綱目三編 Tongjian gangmu sanbian (Qing) 張廷玉 Zhang Tingyu
綱鑒易知録 * Gangjian yizhi lu (Qing) 吳乘權 Wu Chengquan
古史辨 * Gushibian (Rep.) 顧頡剛 Gu Jiegang

* not contained in the Siku quanshu

Chinese literature according to the four-category system

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