续资治通鉴 (1801)

《续资治通鉴》二百二十卷，清毕沅撰。《续资治通鉴》上起宋太祖建隆元年（960年），下迄元顺帝至正二十七年（1367年），共四百一十一年，成书二二〇卷，展示了宋、辽、金、元四朝兴衰治乱的历史，其中北宋部分较为精确（一百八十二卷），元代部分较为简略（三十八卷）。

编纂过程

毕沅以宋、辽、金、元四朝正史为经，以徐干学《资治通鉴后编》为基础，参以李焘《续资治通鉴长编》、李心传《建炎以来系年要录》、叶隆礼《契丹国志》及各家说部、文集约百数十种，历时二十年撰写《续资治通鉴》。

《续资治通鉴》在毕沅生前仅初刻一〇三卷，后因毕家涉贪污遭籍没而止，书稿散佚，桐乡冯集梧买得全稿补刻成二二〇卷。《续资治通鉴》跟《资治通鉴》撰写风格差异极大，《续通鉴》大量引用旧史原文，叙事详而不芜；虽有取舍剪裁，但无类似温公的改写熔炼，亦无“毕沅曰”等史论，梁启超说“读一二次便不愿再读了”。

《续资治通鉴》作者虽挂名毕沅，然名家钱大昕、邵晋涵、章学诚、洪亮吉、黄仲则等均参预其事，此书实成于众人之手，加之编书时断时续，难免脱讹衍倒，参差抵牾。

张之洞《书目答问》在毕沅书下注：“宋元明人续《通鉴》甚多，有此皆可废。”梁启超虽读来乏味，仍称：“盖自此书出而诸家《续鉴》可废矣！”

Xu Zizhi Tongjian (續資治通鑑; "Continuation to Zizhi Tongjian") was a book chronicling Chinese history of the Song dynasty between 960 and 1279 and the Yuan dynasty between 1279 and 1370. Credited to Bi Yuan (畢沅; 1730–1797), a high-ranking politician in the Qing dynasty, the book was not completed until after his death in 1801 by Feng Jiwu (馮集梧). Authors include historians Yan Changming (嚴長明), Cheng Jinfang (程晉芳), Shao Jinhan (邵晉涵), Hong Liangji (洪亮吉), Sun Xingyan (孫星衍) and Zhang Xuecheng (章學誠). One of the many sequels to Sima Guang's landmark work Zizhi Tongjian (資治通鑑; "Comprehensive Mirror to Aid in Government"), it follows the same format, including comments on differences from various sources. Of the 220 volumes only 38 are on the Yuan dynasty compared to 182 on the preceding Song dynasty.