《歷代稽勛錄》是一本系統記載五代以來,湖南永順彭氏歷任土官、土司生平事跡與功勛的私家著述。書中對元末明初永順土司歸附明廷時間和經過的記載,與《明實錄》、《明史》等史籍存在差異。本文意圖通過對上述史籍記載之間的差異展開研究,探討產生差異的原因,從而還原差異背後潛藏的歷史真相。研究認為,《歷代稽勛錄》有關永順土司歸附明廷的記載是真實的,進而證實了它作為史料的可靠性。此書記載的真實可靠,一方面有助於更加清楚地了解元明之際某些特定歷史進程的真實經過;另一方面也有助於認識與解讀各種官私文本史料,揭示同一史事記載互有差異的成因。

The Official Genealogy of Chieftains is a private book recording life stories and feats of the successive local officials and chieftains since the Five Dynasties in Yongshun of Hunan Province. Its recording about the time and the process of the submission of Yongshun chieftain to the Ming court is different from those in other historical books such as The Codex of the Memoir of the Ming Dynasty and The History of the Ming Dynasty. This paper intends to make a study on different historical records of the mentioned books, discuss the reasons and reveal historical truth behind the differences. Through studying, the writer holds that the records of the submission of chieftain to the Ming court in The Official Genealogy of Chieftains are true and then proves their historical authenticity which can facilitate a better understanding of some special historical process on the one hand, and on the other hand, help understand and interpret various official and private historical texts and materials as well as reveal the reasons for different records of the same historical event.