[原文]
16.1 开辟草昧，岁纪绵邈，居今识古，其载籍乎?轩辕之世，史有仓颉，主文之职，其来久矣。《曲礼》日:“史载笔。”[左右]史者，使也;执笔左右，使之记也。古者左史记事者，右史记言者。言经则《尚书》，事经则《春秋》也。唐虞流于典谟，商夏被于诰誓。[自]泊周命维新，姬公定法，细三正以班历，贯四时以联事。诸侯建邦，各有国史，彰善瘅恶，树之风声。自平王微弱，政不及雅，宪章散紊，彝伦攸斁。
[今译]
从开天辟地到未开化时代，年代非常遥远，生在现在要知道古代的事，就靠史书吧?黄帝轩辕氏的时代，已经有史官仓颉，主管记载历史的职务，它的来源是很久远了。《礼记・曲礼》篇说:“史官带着笔来记事。”史就是使，拿着笔在国君的左右，国君使他记载。古代在国君左边的左史记下国君的行动，在国君右边的右史记载国君的话。记载说话的经书是《尚书》，记载事件的经书是《春秋》。唐虞的历史靠《尚书》的典谟传下来，商夏的历史，包括在《尚书》的诰誓里。到周朝新建，周公制定法典，推求夏商周三代的正月来颁布历法，又贯串春夏秋冬四季来记事，省称春秋。诸侯建国，各有国史，表彰好的，贬斥坏的，用来建立一种好风气。自从周平王势力微弱，政治不正，法制散乱，伦理败坏。
16.1 Many unenlightened ages have passed since the beginning of the world. Today, our knowledge of the past comes from books of history. The position of the historian is time-honored; at the time of the Yellow Emperor, there was already Cang Jie the official historian. A chapter in the Book of Rites states, "A historian carries a writing brush". The character for "historian" is related to "employ": A historian is employed to attend on the left and right of the emperor to keep records. Anciently, the historian on the left recorded the emperor's deeds, and the one on the right recorded his words. The Book of Documents is a classic of words; the Spring and Autumn Annals is one of deeds. The history of Yao and Shun is passed down from the "Chapter of Yao" and the "Chapter of Gao Tao's Proposals" in the Book of Documents. Two other chapters, "The Pledges at Gan" and "King Tang's Mandate," recorded the history of the Shang and Xia dynasties. When the Zhou Dynasty newly received the mandate of heaven, Duke Zhou established the conventions of history writing. He promulgated the Zhou calendar after considering the three methods of determining the first month of the year and recorded contemporary events in the order of the four seasons. When dukes and princes founded their states, they named their own historians to commend the good and censure the evil in order to set up good examples. When the Zhou Dynasty started to decline during the reign of King Ping, its government could not measure up to that lauded in the Odes, its laws were thrown into disorder, and morals became depraved.
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