内圣和外王,都是史学功用论的重要组成部分。不可否认的是,虽然从先秦至今,史学发展带来的史学功用,在不同时代有着不同的形式,但都具有着或外王或内圣或二者兼之的特点。对这种改变原因的探讨,中国传统学者多从外缘因素,即政治影响进行阐释,但缺乏从文化自有发展的角度进行研究。 The inner sanctuary and the outer king are both important components of the theory of historiography. Undeniably, although from the pre-Qin period to the present day, the historical functions brought by the development of history have different forms in different times, but all have the characteristics of either the outer king or the inner saint or both. The reasons for this change, the Chinese traditional scholars mostly from the external factors, that is, the political influence to explain, but the lack of culture from the perspective of its own development.