HIST6100HY Reading Seminar: Historical materials in the Middle Periods of China (7th-13th centuries)

中國古代史之中，最重要之一大階段，為七至十四世紀南北地域政治、社會、思想之分際離合。這一在現代中古史學界一般被通稱為「中古中國」(The Middle Periods of China) 的時間段，覆蓋了傳統朝代史視野中唐、五代、十國、宋、遼、金、西夏、元各朝。相關史料較之晚期帝制中國，雖曰相對有限，卻錯雜紛紜，故有「治中古史者大不易」之嘆。本課程以相關時段核心史料為綱領，從史源學、史學史角度出發，帶領學生精讀包括官修正史、私人通史、文集、經籍、法律條文、筆記小說、詩詞、題跋等在內的多種史料。希望通過師生之間的相互討論，教學相長，在中古史研究園地上開闢出新的研究問題與視野。

課程目標
(一) 探討中古史料的史源問題
(二) 理解不同史料的性質分野以及價值所在
(三) 培養細讀史料的習慣與感覺
(四) 為中古史找出新的研究路徑

(暫定，因應課程情況再作修訂)：

第一週：課程導言——中古史料的性質與意義

第二週：唐代史料一：官修史料群的性質

第三週：：唐代史料二：墓誌的義例與形制

第四週：五代史料：碑誌的另類書寫

第五週：北宋史料一：法律條文的格式與效能

第六週：北宋史料二：國家禮典中的制度沿革

第七週：遼代史料：正史書寫的建構與祛魅

第八週：金代史料：詩歌的發生背景與歷史語境

第九週：西夏史料：思想概念的混雜與拆分

第十週：南宋史料一：筆記的史源與性質

第十一週：南宋史料二：題跋中的歷史記憶與個人意識

第十二週：元—明初史料一：文書規範的邊界與超越

第十三週：元—明初史料二：圖像中的觀念與習俗

平時課堂表現及討論 50%
學期論文 50%

基本參考書：

• 黃永年，《唐史史料學》，中華書局2015年版。
• 陳得芝，《蒙元史研究導論》，南京：南京大學出版社，2012，史料篇。
• 苗潤博，《遼史探源》，北京：中華書局，2020。
• 邱靖嘉，《金史纂修考》，北京：中華書局，2017。
• Bol, Peter K. Research Tools for the Study of Sung History, 2nd ed., Published by the Journal of Sung Yuan Studies, 1996. (中譯本見：包弼德著, 魏希德（Hilde de Weerdt）修訂，《宋代硏究工具書刊指南》，桂林市：廣西師範大學出版社 ，2008)
• “Bibliographical essays,” in The Cambridge History of China, Vol.6, Alien regimes and border states, 907-1360, pp. 665—726.
• Charles Hartman, The Making of Song Dynasty History: Sources and Narratives, 960–1279 CE. NY: Cambridge University Press, 2021.
• Dennis Twitchett, The Writing of Official History under the T’ang. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992.

閱讀文獻 (將於課堂上決定)

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