《江表傳》是裴松之《三國志注》在其所引用一百五十多種史籍中極為重要的文獻。就引用的數量而言高達一百二十幾條,僅次於魚豢《魏略》近二百二十條、王沈《魏書》的一百九十幾條,就排列次序而言已名列第三。但更重要的是《江表傳》所記載的人物歷史事件均以南方東吳為主,並強烈顯示其以東吳立場的敘史角度,最明顯的如描述赤壁之戰的過程與主導勝負之關鍵,均特別強調孫吳將帥的驍勇及謀略;或者在孫、劉兩方爭奪荊州時,刻意強化劉備之無能與貪婪,使得本書所出現的三國人物與陳壽《三國志》或明清時期的小說《三國演義》所塑造之歷史形象,產生很大之落差,是以《江表傳》一書對於三國史的研究有極關鍵性之地位,若將其與代表曹魏立場的魚豢《魏略》及王沈《魏書》相互對照辯證,對三國史的研究將可開拓出嶄新的視角。
Among the over one hundred and fifty historical records quoted by Pei Song in the "Annotation for The History of the Three Kingdoms", "Jiang-Biao Biography" was one of the most important and frequent cited literatures. It was cited for more than one hundred and twenty times, secondary to "Wei Strategy" by Yu-Huan, two-hundred and twenty times, and "Wei Manual" by Wang Shen which was one hundred and ninety times. More importantly, the characters and historical events described in Jiang-Biao Biography, which generally focused on the Dong-Wu of South, had strongly suggested the Dongwu-based stance in the historical elaboration. The most obvious example would be the description of the Battle of Redcliff and the crucial point for leading to the outcome of winning and losing. Both of them described particularly the bravery and strategic ability of the Sun Wu generals. Moreover, it emphasized Liu Bei's inability and greed during the Jingzhou Strife in the three-kingdom history. As a result, the Three-country characters appeared in this book were significantly different compared to the historical figures shaped up in Chen-Shou's "The History of the Three Kingdoms" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the novels of Ming and Qing dynasties. "Jiang-Biao Biography" is important for the study of three-kingdom history. It can be used to triangulate with Yu-Huan's "Wei Strategy" and Wang-Shen's "Wei Manual" for the purpose of developing a brand-new perspective for the study of the history of Three-Kingdom.