历史书写、历史认知与叙述语体三者紧密相连。文言书写的正史主要体现的是中国古代统治阶级的意志;中国传统长篇历史演义大多承载着中国传统文人对统治阶级意志的认同,但其半文半白的语体选择也体现他们向中下层老百姓趣味的迎合与倾斜;现代短篇历史小说选择现代白话语体体现了创作者们在新的历史条件下对历史人物和事件的重新认识。这些都说明叙述语体的选择与历史书写者对历史的认知有着密切的联系,并最后导致不同的历史文本的出现。
History writing, the cognition of history and narrating style are closely connected. The choice of ancient Chinese in history is mostly to express the will of the ruling class, and the mix- ture of classical Chinese and spoken Chinese in traditional long historical novels shows both the a- greement with the ruling class and the catering for the tastes of ordinary people. However, the modern Chinese in historical stories shows writers' new ideas about history.