编写《中国文学史》,总爱用我们今天的文艺理论来评价古代的文学家与他们的作品,这当然是必要的,因为学术总得与时俱进。但阅读评论古代的作品,必须知其人,而知其人,又必须论及世。我们对那些特定的时代是否能有正确深入的了解,光靠泛泛而言的所谓时代背景介绍是不够的,因此通过宋人的记载与议论去感受那个时代的社会风尚以及领会当时的思想与眼光,这样,我们才能逐渐贴近那个时代,较为正确认识这些作家与作品,以及其时发生的种种事件。本文企图通过宋人三大笔记的相关记载与议论,谈谈北宋文学史的编写问题。 It is of course necessary to write the history of Chinese literature and always love to use ancient theories of literature and art to evaluate ancient writers and their works because the academic always has to keep pace with the times. However, when reading and commenting on ancient works, they must know their own people. To know others, they must also talk about the world. It is not enough for us to have a correct and in-depth understanding of those particular times, but it is not enough to make a general introduction to the so-called era background. Therefore, we can feel the social fashion and the thoughts and vision of the time through the records and discussions of the Song people In this way, we can gradually get closer to that era and get a more accurate understanding of these writers and works, as well as the various incidents that took place from time to time. This article tries to talk about the compilation of Northern Song literature history through the related records and discussions of the three notes of the Song Dynasty.