杜佑所著的《通典》一书,是一部历史名著。它所记“历代沿革废置及当时群士论议得失”,有很高的文献价值和思想价值;它的体裁和体例,是中国古代历史编纂学上的一次重大的创新;而杜佑本人在《通典》一书中所撰写的史论,在中国古代历史理论的发展上占有非常重要的位置,历来为研究者所重视。 Du Yu book “Tongdian” is a book of history. It remembers “the historical dismissal of history and the gains and losses of the current masses of theorists.” It has a high literature value and ideological value. Its genre and style are a major innovation in ancient Chinese historical compilation. Tongdian "in the history of a book written in the history of ancient Chinese theory of history occupies a very important position, has always been the focus of researchers.