二十多年前，拙文〈元代監察制度的特色〉指出，《元史‧順帝紀》所謂監察御史「歲以八月終出巡，次年四月中還司」的記載，犯了張冠李戴的錯誤︰錯將各道肅政廉訪司官的出巡日期當作三臺監察御史的出巡日期。最近，南開大學李治安教授在所撰〈元代行御史臺述論〉一文中，堅持《元史》的這一記載「大抵不錯」。本乎實事求是的治學原則，我檢討舊作，挖掘新材料，對元代監察官吏的出巡日期問題更進一歩詳細討論。我不得不重申我二十多年前的看法︰《元史》的確錯了。

In the article published in 1975, I pointed out that in the Yüan History （yuan-shi 元史） there is the statement that the censors （jian-cha yu-shi 監察御 史） are annually going out for inspection tour in the end of the eighth lunar month and getting back headquarters in the middle of the fourth lunar month next year. I have proved that the statement is wrong: the said period of time is referring to the surveillance officials （su-zeng-lian-fang-si guan 肅政 廉訪司官）, not to the censors. Recently, Professor Li Zhi-an （李治安） disagreed with me, insisting that the Yüan History’s statement is “generally correct.＂Having gone over the source materials used in my old paper and examined the newly collected ones, I cannot but repeat what I said a quarter of a century ago: That is indeed a mistake made by the Yüan History compilers due to their unduly generalization of their original sources.

《元史》；元代；監察；巡按

Yüan History; censorial system; inspection tour