《明史.礼志》先后经过了三个阶段的纂修,分别完成于万斯同初稿、王鸿绪二稿和张廷玉定稿。其中,万稿虽属草创之作,但有奠基之功。王稿在万稿基础上经多年修改,不仅结构大为改善,而且内容也更加全面和系统,在《明史.礼志》成稿过程中起着转折性的关键作用。定稿虽对王稿结构做了进一步改进,对其个别词语也做了删改,但整体说来,内容基本一仍其旧,故王稿之不足也几乎完全承袭下来。 “History of Ming Dynasty. Rites” has passed through the compilation of three stages, respectively, completed in the first draft of Vance, Wang Hongxu second draft and Zhang Tingyu finalized. Among them, Wanshi is a grass-making work, but there are groundbreaking achievements. After many years’ revision, Wang Wen has not only greatly improved its structure, but also has a more comprehensive and systematic content. It plays a pivotal role in the turning point of the "Ming History. Although the final version of the Wang draft structure has been further improved, some of its words have also made censorship, but overall, the content is still an old one, so the problem is almost entirely inherited Wang’s down.