清修《明史》修撰时间较长,吸纳了不少重量级学者参与,确实下了不少功夫。但是,明代文献存世较多,《明史》纂修者当时参考的资料有不少今人仍能见到。在修撰过程中,同一问题可能有不同的参考资料,这些参考资料或有分歧(如机构的设立时间可能有不同记载),他们可能采纳了某一参考资料的记载,而摒弃了其他记载。而被他们摒弃的记载 Qing repair “history of Ming Dynasty” a long time to compile, to absorb a lot of heavyweight scholars to participate, really did a lot of effort. However, the Ming Dynasty literature survived more and more, the compilation of “Ming History” at that time there are many people can still see the information. There may be different references to the same issue during the revision process. There may be differences between these references (for example, the establishment time of the organization may be different). They may have adopted a certain reference and have omitted other records. And they were abandoned records