The Assessment Of Gu Yanwu's Thought Of Historical Compilation Based On Ri Zhi Lu

Interaction between the society ideological trend of the Ming dynasty and the history development has unfolded the new feature of the history thought which pay highly attention to the reality. Especially, the trend of study of practical thought sprouted in middle period of the Ming dynasty and the Ming dynasty academic trend of thought also has the profound influence on the historical development, the trend of study of practical thought is highly consistent with the historiography during the times of the Ming dynasty in the academic idea which manifested in the cultural spirit of"governing and applying"identically. The goal of Gu Yanwu's idea of historiography is gettingTao by governing and applying. In this sense, there are some distinguish era characteristics as follows :attention paid especially to investigation and original data; attention paid to how the contents of these historical writings can be adapted to the harmony of human affairs and relations; attention paid to the quality and cultural level of historian; emphasis lies in probing the problem in the society and the function of historiography.As a distinctive historian whose ideas of historiography has important impact to latter times. Gu Yanwu has the original opinion in historical compilations. He strives for primary sources ; he believe that the language of historical books must be smooth to understand and can reflect the styles and the morals of the historian; The historical list and Records can express the historical consciousness of prosperity and decline, which is the criteria of excellent historical books. The review of history must follow a certain political principle and can make people take profound historical lesson from it; he defined the Six Confucian classics all as important historical writings, so it is very important to study the Six Confucian classics. The aim of his working in historical compilations is to use it in reality. That is to utilize the method which comes from studying the Confucian classics into the works of historical writing. In this sense, he makes great contribution to the historiography.Gu Yanwu's thought of historical compilation has not only inherited the academic reasonable essence in late Ming dynasty but also brought out the new trend of thought of PUXUE in the Qing dynasty, which show and carries forward scientific spirit. his history methodology shows the origin of modern historiography. In this sense, he contributed to the transition of the thought of historiography from feudal society to modern society. Gu Yanwu not only examines the development of each kind of history carefully by the principle of historicism and expands the realm of the historical research, moreover, the core of his historiography lie in paying more attention to the plentiful contents and the evolution of the culture.