本文旨在探討南宋陸游《南唐書》之承沿正史家法，要點有三：一、體例上之師法：陸氏《南唐書》師法正統史書，承《史記》、《漢書》紀傳體之例，又因南唐小國，史料單純，無世家、年表可立；典章制度亦沿襲前史之例，不勞另設史志。二、寫法上之紹承：陸《書》紹承《史記》、《三國志》等，既尊南唐三君為帝王，寫入「本紀」；又不貶抑五代諸朝，一律以廟號稱後唐、後晉、後周、北宋之君。陸《書》「列傳」中，無論單傳、合傳、類傳、附傳或四夷傳，寫法皆以史遷為宗，恪遵史法。其篇末「論曰」，亦承傳統史書論贊，擇要而為，謹而有法，具良史之風。三、史料上之沿襲：陸《書》參考薛居正《舊五代史》、歐陽修《新五代史》等史著，從中獲取撰史的重要素材。要言之，陸氏《南唐書》無論在體例、寫法及史料上，均承沿正統史書，又能適時訂以己意，體例嚴謹，故成此一部史書巨著。
This paper examines Lu You's ＂The History of South Tang＂ to take by inheritance the traditional method of writing history books. Mr. Lu's ＂The History of South Tang＂ is distinguished by the following features: 1. In the historical style: He has learned the traditional method of writing history books, and inherited the history genre based on biography of Sima Qian's ＂The Records of the Grand Historian＂ and Ban Gu's ＂History of the Former Han Dynasty＂. There are no ＂the aristocratic family＂, ＂the chronological table＂, and ＂the records laws and institutions related to the matter＂ in Mr. Lu's writing. 2. In the tradition of writing history books: He has inherited the form of ＂The Records of the Grand Historian＂ and ＂History of the Three Kingdoms＂. Whether ＂the imperial biography＂, ＂the biographies of people＂ and ＂the historical review＂ are comply with all the traditional method. Mr. Lu's writing is very rigorous. 3. In the historical information: He has referenced Xue Ju-Zheng's ＂Old History of the Five Dynasties＂, Ouyang Xiu's ＂New History of the Five Dynasties＂, and other historical records. For these reasons, Mr. Lu's ＂The History of South Tang＂ is an important historical works.
