《宋书》共一百卷,齐永明五年沈约受诏修撰,毕功于永明六年。《宋书》此前经历了漫长的修撰过程,何承天、山谦之、徐爰等先后编撰,故而沈约能在前人基础上以两年之功著成。《宋书》志有八种,共三十卷。据马端临《文献通考》记载:“水心叶氏(叶适)曰:迁、固为书、志,论述前代旧章,以经纬当世,而汉事自多阙略。蔡邕、胡广始有纂辑,陈寿、范晔废不复著。至沈约比次汉、魏以来,最为详悉。”~①以《宋书》诸志补前史之阙,述汉 “Song” a total of 100 volumes, Qi Yongming Shen covenant about five years by the edict, completed in Yongming six years. Song book had undergone a long process of compilation and prosecution. He Chengtian, Shan Qianzhi and Xu Xuan successively compiled it. Therefore, Shen Yue was able to make a success of two years on the basis of the predecessors. “Song book” There are eight kinds, a total of thirty volumes. According to Ma Duanlin “literature pass test” records: “water heart Yip’s (Ye Shi) said: move, solid as the book, Chi, discuss the previous chapter, with latitude and longitude when the world, The beginning of a compilation of Guangsheng, Chen Shou, Fan Ye scrapped no more. To Shen about more times than the Han, Wei, the most detailed. ”~ ①“ Song book ”make up the history of the Que,