史家的範圍是史學中極少人探討的議題，雖然此議題是極為重要的議題。本文以史權作為史家的特徵，以界定史家的範圍。史權的內容眾說紛紜，本文認為從種種事實中選擇與詮釋部分事實，以顯示其知識與價值的權力，即稱之為史家之史權。史權的發生，係因為史家所接觸的事實過於龐大，無法一一記述，必須於無量的事實中擇要而記述。本文對於「史，掌官書以贊治」提出不同的看法，認為史權是與史官參與統治權截然不同的，而且對於史權的施行有所妨礙，以清楚界定史權的內涵，並且澄清史家的真正特徵。史責則與史權是彼此相對應而存在，既有史權則史家必然有史責須要負擔。史責並不是由任何人對於史家課以責任，而是由於有儒家所信受「大一統」的因果法則，不斷地運作於法界之中，所產生的必然現象。史家施行史權，其實就是以其身口意行書寫其心中的法則，即是史家書法之史權。大一統的史責有其一定的階位，概略可分為三個階層：第一階位是小緣威儀戒行；第二階位是唯一且大一統的因果法則；最高階位是因果法則的終極根源—第八識如來藏心。此三階位是史家施行史權時，不應該或沒有能力牴觸的史責。
依據史權的特徵，本文發現新聞工作者、媒體工作者，皆是符合史權特徵的史家，乃至可以擴充到人人皆是史家，十法界有情皆是史家。因為十法界有情都是歷史主體，所以都有史權以身口意行書寫法則，而不得不負起應負的史責，故形成十法界。十法界中，四聖法道的賢聖是真史家，其餘六凡業道眾生皆是假史家，是史家範圍的收縮。

Although it is extremely important, the scope of historian is a topic that very few people explore in historiography. Using historical right as the characteristic, this article defines the scope of historian. Among many different definitions on the content of historical right, this article thinks the right to manifest the knowledge and value of some facts, which are selected among various facts, is the historical right of historian.The occurrence of historical right is under the truth that all facts that a historian encounters are huge and countless. With limited capability, one should select only some of all facts, but not all, and record them. This article brings up a different view on the topic about “the historian managing the official document to help the governing of a country” and thinks the historical right defined by the author and the governmental power of an official historian are completely different; furthermore, it will hinder the execution of historical right. With this view, this article clearly defines the content of historical right and makes the real characteristic of historian clear.Historicalresponsibility exists according to the existence of historical right. With the historical right, a historian should take the responsibility for the history which he manifests. The historical responsibility is not given to a historian by anyone; it is a definite phenomenon generated by the continuous operation of the “grand unified” cause-and-effect rule in the dharma-realm. The execution of historical right by a historian is in fact to write the rules in his mind; it is the historical right of a historian.
Generally there are three layers for the grand unified historical responsibility: The first is the precepts of personal conduct; the second is the unique and grand unified cause-and-effect rule; the highest layer is the root of cause-and-effect rule—the eighth consciousness
Tathagatagarbha. All three layers are the historical responsibility that should not be violated when a historian performs his historical right. According to the characteristic of historical right, this article finds both news reporters and media reporters are the historians who conform to the characteristic of historical right. Furthermore, everyone and even all sentient beings of ten dharma-realms are the historians too. It is because every sentient being of ten dharma-realms is the subject of history; everyone has the historical right to write the rules with one’s body, speech and mind, and take the historical responsibility; therefore the ten dharma-realms are built. Among the ten dharma-realms, the sages and saints of four noble dharma-ways are the true historians. The sentient beings of the left six ordinary karmic ways are falsehistorians. This is a reduced scope of historian.