《東都事略》是記載北宋歷史的紀傳體書籍,為南宋宋孝宗時王稱所著。由於北宋建都汴梁(即今開封,又稱東京),所以被命名為《東都事略》。
全書共分一百三十卷。由宋太祖趙匡胤開始,內容含蓋直到宋欽宗趙桓為止:
王稱根據當時的國史、實錄、野史寫成《東都事略》,昌彼得稱:「宋光宗時眉山程舍人宅刊本,一百三十卷全。按王稱承其家學,紹其父賞之遺志,旁搜北宋九朝之文獻事蹟,撰成此書,敘事約而該,議論亦頗持平,蓋其撰述之時,去汴京之陷未遠,史料齊全,故老尚在,記載多可徵信,李燾撰《續通鑑長編》,於此書多所採輯,故為治北宋史實之重要典籍。」[1]全文敘事簡明扼要,有些內容為《宋史》所無,可補《宋史》不足。
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