The Historical and Cultural Transformation of the Song's Historians of the Ming Dynasty

In process of writing history of Song dynasty,the scholars of Ming dynasty experienced a transition from emphasizing the differences between Han nationality and minority nationalities to attaching much importance to all historical and cultural facts and identities.In early Ming dynasty,the scholars followed principle of distinguishing Han nationality from minority nationalities,while in late Ming Dynasty,such scholars stressed historical facts and took an objective attitude towards rule of Yuan Dynasty while learning from past experience and lessons,which reveals ideological transformation of these historians.