中国史学发展到晚清,新的时代需要推动历史编纂的发展,一批见识卓越的史家均重视对典志体的改造。这一现象实有其深刻的必然性。典志体史书有两大特点:一是内容包涵宏富,适于记载典章制度和社会各方面情状;二是篇目设立极具灵活性,可根据需要增减、扩充,储备新知识,发表新见解。晚清民族危机深重,改造了的典志体正能符合呼唤御侮图强和倡导了解外国、学习外国的迫切需要,因而大放异彩。魏源、徐继畲、黄遵宪等爱国史家先后撰成的名著《海国图志》、《瀛寰志略》、《日本国志》,均具有鲜明的时代特点和宝贵的创新价值,并对探求救国道路产生了深远的影响。 The development of Chinese historiography into the late Qing dynasty, the new era need to promote the development of historical compilation, a group of historians of excellence are valued for the transformation of the classic body. This phenomenon has its own profound inevitability. There are two major characteristics of the history books of classics: First, the content is rich and prosperous, suitable for recording the system of laws and regulations and all aspects of society; second, the articles are highly flexible and can be expanded, reserved and new knowledge added as needed . In the late Qing Dynasty, the national crisis was profound and the remoulding classics were able to meet the urgent needs of calling for a bully of innocence and advocating understanding of foreign countries and learning of foreign countries. Wei Yuan, Xu Jiyu, Huang Zunxian and other patriotic historians successively wrote the famous works such as “Illustrated by the State of the Sea,” “Annotation of the World in Huanhuan” and “The Book of Japanese State,” all of which have distinctive characteristics of the times and valuable innovative values. profound influence.