Shi Tong - Shitsuu

A history book from the Tang Dynasty in China. Written by Liu Zhiji. Includes a preface from the 4th year of the Jinglong era (710). 20 volumes, 36 inner chapters, and 13 outer chapters. Written in the Benrei style, with crisp, clear logic, the book critiques the structure and narration of ancient Chinese history books, and mercilessly criticizes the Duke of Zhou, Confucius, Sima Qian, and Ban Gu, leading to criticism that the book insults the saints. In the chapter on ancient and modern official histories, the book develops the history of Chinese historiography for the first time, and in the chapter on doubts about ancient times, it asserts that the abdications of Yao, Shun, and Yu were usurps. As a result, it was not read much and fell out of circulation, until Song dynasty versions were discovered during the Jiajing (1522-66) and Wanli (1573-1619) periods of the Ming dynasty, and were reprinted into versions by Lu Shen, Zhang Zhixiang, and Zhang Dingsi, among others. Annotations included Guo Kongyan's commentary, Wang Weijian's supplementary explanations, Huang Shulin's supplementary explanations, and Pu Qilong's interpretation, and during the Qing dynasty, Ji Yun's Shi Tong Shaofang was widely used.

[Masui Tsuneo]

"Shitsuji" translated by Tsuneo Masui (1981, Kenbun Publishing)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

中国、唐代の歴史書。著者は劉知幾(りゅうちき)。景竜4年（710）の自序がある。20巻、内篇(ないへん)36篇、外篇13篇。駢驪(べんれい)体でつづられ、歯切れのよい四六文(しろくぶん)、論理は明快である。中国古来の史書の構成、叙述を縦横に評論し、周公、孔子(こうし)、司馬遷(しばせん)、班固(はんこ)らも容赦なく批判し、侮聖の書として非難された。古今正史篇には初めて中国史学史を展開し、疑古篇には堯(ぎょう)・舜(しゅん)・禹(う)の禅譲は簒奪(さんだつ)であったと断じている。そのためあまり読まれず伝承を絶っていたが、明(みん)の嘉靖(かせい)（1522～66）、万暦(ばんれき)（1573～1619）の間に宋板(そうはん)本が発見され、翻刻されて陸深本、張之象本、張鼎思(ちょうていし)本などができ、注釈には郭孔延(かくこうえん)の評釈、王惟倹(おういけん)の訓故、黄叔琳(こうしゅくりん)の訓故補、浦起竜の通釈などがあり、清(しん)代には紀昀の『史通削繁』が通行した。

［増井経夫］

『増井経夫訳『史通』（1981・研文出版）』

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