In the centuries after Fan Ye's death many literati praised his Hou Han shu, but at the same time a surprising number of them also criticized the historian's character. This paper argues that Fan Ye's biography in the Song shu, which depicts the historian as a weak and despicable man, was the primary source for many of the accusations made by his critics. The biography's influence can be explained by its careful narrative modeling. The Song shu authors highlighted certain aspects of the life of Fan Ye, while simultaneously obscuring others, with the goal of depicting him as an unfilial and despicable rebel. This paper is an attempt to retrace their steps in order to offer an alternative way of reading the otherwise strangely neglected text.

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宋书范爷传：形式、内容与影响

范爷死后的几个世纪里，很多文人称赞他的《后汉书》，但同时也有相当多的人批评史家的品格。本文认为，《宋书》中范爷的传记将史学家描述为一个软弱卑鄙的人，是他的批评者提出的许多指控的主要来源。传记的影响可以通过其仔细的叙事建模来解释。宋书的作者强调范爷生活的某些方面，同时掩盖了其他方面，目的是将他描绘成一个不孝、卑鄙的叛逆者。本文试图追溯他们的步骤，以提供另一种阅读方式，否则会奇怪地被忽视。