sử quán
Definition
- Noun:
- Historical Bureau / Historiography Institute: An official government office or institution in a feudal or dynastic system, responsible for compiling, researching, archiving, and writing the official historical records of the state.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Các sử thần làm việc tại sử quán triều đình. (The official historians worked at the royal historical bureau.)
- Mọi biên niên sử chính thức đều được lưu giữ cẩn thận tại sử quán. (All official chronicles were carefully preserved at the historiography institute.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "sử quán" is primarily a historical term and is not used for modern institutions like national archives or contemporary history departments, which would be called or .
- It implies an official, state-sanctioned body whose work was crucial for legitimizing the ruling dynasty and creating a standardized historical narrative.
Variants and Related Words
- Quốc sử quán (n): National Historical Bureau. A more specific term for the central, national-level institute.
- Bộ "Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư" được biên soạn bởi Quốc sử quán thời Hậu Lê. (The "Complete Annals of Đại Việt" was compiled by the National Historical Bureau of the Later Lê dynasty.)
Synonyms
- Historical office
- Bureau of historiography
- Archives bureau (historical context)
Related Terms (Contextual)
- Sử thần (n): Official historian (a scholar-official working in the ).
- Sử ký (n): Historical records; annals.
- Biên niên sử (n): Chronicle.