弁言万斯同(1638-1702),字季野,号石园,浙江鄞县(今宁波市)人。康熙十八年至四十一年(1679-1702年),他以“布衣”的身份应《明史》监修、总裁之请,在北京修史,实际充当了这一时期官修《明史》的“总编助理”。万斯同“博通诸史,尤熟明代掌故”(《清史稿·万斯同传》),是清初全国闻名的明史专家。但除了一部官修《明史》稿凝聚着他毕生的心血之外,则鲜有较为完整可信的有关明史的个人著作行世。 Prologue Vance (1638-1702), word Ji Ye, No. Stone Park, Zhejiang Yin County (now Ningbo) people. From the 18th to the 41th years of Emperor Kangxi (1679-1702), he should be supervised by “Mingyi” as his “commoner” and the president’s request was made in Beijing. In fact, “” Chief Editor Assistant “. Vance with ”Broadcom history, especially in the Ming Dynasty “ (”History of Manuscript Vance Simultaneous“), is the early Ming Dynasty famous Ming Dynasty experts. However, apart from the fact that an official’s version of ”History of Ming Dynasty" condensed his lifelong efforts, there were few relatively complete and credible personal writings on Ming history.