章惇（1035-1105）字子厚，号大涤翁，建州浦城人，北宋著名政治家。该谱对章惇一生行实与传世诗文进行整理、考订与编年。全谱共三部分：章惇名号、性情、世系等基本情况记于谱前，生前诸事系于正谱，身后诸事列于谱后。

      章惇的一生大致可分为六个阶段。第一阶段（出生到二十三岁），章惇还未为官。第二阶段（二十四岁至三十九岁），章惇进士及第，长期任职于沿边地区，因受到王安石赏识而被派遣至夔州路、荆湖路经制“蛮族”。正是在这一过程中，章惇与吕惠卿建立亲密关系。第三阶段（四十岁至五十一岁），章惇因受到宋神宗赏识而逐渐进入权力中心，先后担任三司使、参知政事、门下侍郎、知枢密院事，在宋哲宗即位一事上发挥了重要作用。第四阶段（五十二岁至五十九岁），由于政治立场与实际掌权者相左，章惇被迫长期外任闲职。第五阶段（六十岁至六十五岁），章惇在仕途上达到巅峰。内政方面，章惇一方面有修改地恢复免役法、保甲法等新法；另一方面与蔡卞联合，进一步打击元祐中用事之宰执、侍从和台谏，以巩固自身地位。外交方面，章惇主张对西夏、青唐采取攻势，积极促成绍圣、元符开边，获得对西夏、青唐的重大军事胜利。第六阶段（六十六岁至七十一岁），章惇因在徽宗即位问题上有异议而遭罢，此后长期被贬在外，直至去世。

Zhang Dun (1035-1105), who style himself as “Zi Hou” and “Da Diweng”, is a famous politician in the Northern Song dynasty. His native place is Pucheng（浦城） County, Jianzhou（建州）. This chronicle is a compilation of data about Zhang Dun. The whole chronicle consists three parts: pre-chronicle that records Zhang Dun’s name, alias, lineage and other basic personal information; chronicle that combs his life story chronologically; post-chronicle that introduces Zhang’s funeral. Zhang’s life could be divided into six stages.

First stage is one to twenty-three years old, in which Zhang was not a bureaucrat. Second stage is twenty-four to thirty-nine years old, in which Zhang had passed the imperial examination and had been as a local bureaucrat for a long time.

 During the time, because of Wang An-shi, Zhang was sent to Kuizhou-lu（夔州路）and Jinghu-lu（荆湖路）to deal with the problems made by barbarian. And in this time, Zhang cultivated interpersonal, political and close ties with Lu-Huiqing. Third stage is forty to fifty-one years old, in which Zhang moved into the center of power gradually because of the appreciation of Emperor Shenzong. Zhang held important posts in the administrative or military branches during this period, and he also played an important role in the enthronement of Emperor Zhezong. Fourth stage is fifty-two to fifty-nine years old, in which Zhang was given a sinecure for a long time, because he was a dissident. Fifth stage is sixty to sixty-five years old, in which Zhang reached the top of his official career. In domestic politics, on the one hand, Zhang Dun recovered and amended the reform measures that were taken in the period of Xining and Yuanfeng; on the other hand, in order to keep himself own status, he cracked down on the people who had controlled the important posts in government in the period of Yuanyou with Cai Bian together. In diplomatic affairs, Zhang insist that the government should take a strong attitude towards to the West Xia and Qing Tang. The last stage is sixty-six to seventy-one years old, in which Zhang was deposed, and lived in local place until he was dead, because he made mistake in the accession of Emperor Huizong.