长期以来，编辑学界流行这样一种观点，就是认为中国古代称撰述国史为编辑，或称为编、为纂。为编纂，就是不可以称之为著作。首先对这种新奇观点提出质疑的，可能是我。时间早在十年前，我在忡国编辑史研究的几个问题）中引证（文献通考·职官·秘书监）中一段话：“（东汉） For a long time, editing the academic popular such a point of view, that is, in ancient China said the history of the country as an editor, or as a compilation. For the compilation, it can not be called a book. It may be me who first questioned this new point of view. As early as ten years ago, I was in the study of editorial issues in the country a few questions cited) (Tongxue exam, officials, secretary of supervision) passage: "(Eastern Han Dynasty)