一年表的制作在中国历史上是有传统的。太史公的《十二诸侯年表》就是滥觞。到了清代,则有《历代史表》、《历代纪事年表》等问世。由于年表这种形式能满足读者迅速查考历史事件梗概的需要,因而在现代,它的制作就受到了更多的重视。然而,和编年体史书一样,以年月为经,以史实为纬的大事年表不免有史事前后割裂、首尾不能连贯的缺点。倘若一件大事时间跨度较长,抑或同一时间内有几件大事交叉、并行,则这种缺点表现更为明显。沈起炜同志在编著《中国历史人事年表·古代史卷》(以下简称《沈表》)时有鉴于此,乃尝试将纪事本末体的形式引进大事丰表的制作领域。在总体上,《沈表》仍以年系事,在史事发展迅速之时,也不排斥编年体的按月记事。但在一年之 The production of the year watch is traditional in Chinese history. Taishi Gong’s “twelve princes chronology” is the beginning of abuse. In the Qing Dynasty, there are “historical records”, “Chronology of Chronicles” and other advent. As the form of chronology can satisfy the reader’s need of quickly examining the historical events, his production has received more attention in the modern era. However, like Chronicles’ history books, Chronology of Chronology, with historical facts as its weft, can not help but have the disadvantage that historical events are fragmented and incoherent. This shortcoming is more obvious if there is a long time span of a major event, or if there are several major events that intersect and be parallel at the same time. In view of this, Comrade Shen Qiwei attempted to introduce the form of the chronicle into the field of production of great events in compiling the Chronology of Ancient Chinese Historical Personnel (hereinafter referred to as Shen Table). In general, the “Shen table” is still based on years, in the rapid development of the history does not exclude monthly annotations of the chronological body. But in a year