Research On Wuhan Historical Materials In The Qing Dynasty’s Memoir

The Qing Dynasty’s Memoir is an emperor-centered chronicle of the official Qing dynasty,which is rich in content.It contains rich historical materials of Wuhan and is divided into six categories: politics,military,social,economic,cultural,educational,medical and health,and personalities.The political history is divided into administrative establishment,personnel appointments and dismissals,personnel awards and punishments,public security,law,and foreign relations,among which the history of officials and mandarins is the most abundant.Due to the different levels of officialdom,the degree of detail varies,with the high level being detailed and systematic and the low level being brief.Military histories are divided into military establishment,military personnel,military rewards and punishments,military events,military movements and garrisons,military supplies and pay,military equipment,military training and exercises,and military legal system,among which military events and military personnel histories are the main ones.Military events include the Sanban Rebellion,the Kangxi Wuchang Mutiny,the Taiping Rebellion,and the Xinhai Wuchang Intifada,which vary slightly according to the venue,scale,and duration of the wars.The military personnel is the most systematic with the history of the Governor of Hubei(Hubei Governor).Social histories include natural disasters,social relief,praise and rituals,etc.,among which natural disasters and praise histories are the most abundant.Economic histories are divided into agriculture,industry,commerce and trade,finance and taxation,transportation and telecommunications,water conservancy and urban construction,etc.,with taxation,industry and commerce and trade histories dominating.The cultural,educational,medical and health materials are divided into education,imperial examinations,culture,medicine and health,etc.,among which education and imperial examinations are the main materials.The history of people includes the history of Wuhan scholars and more than twenty other Wuhan people.The characteristics of the actual records of Wuhan are: first,political,military,and economic histories are the main sources;second,there is a wealth of character histories,and they are more detailed than official histories;third,static histories are detailed and systematic,while dynamic histories are simple and scattered;fourth,they are concerned with the state’s livelihood and reflect the concept of good governance.The historical material of Wuhan is derived from the archival materials such as bull,title book and sonata,which has important historical value in the first place.In the political history,compared with the "Qing History Manuscript",local chronicle and "Qing History List",the official and official history recorded in the actual records is better than the former,and the records are true and detailed.In the military history,the recorded historical materials of Huguang governor are more systematic than local records,and the military events are better recorded than the Qijiu.In the social history,the history of floods and droughts is more informative than that of local records,and the history of fires is more detailed than that of the latter,and there are some disaster histories that are unique to Shilu and not found in Fang Zhi.In the history of people,some Jinshi of Wuhan nationality and more than twenty Wuhan people are preserved.The second has a certain documentary value,one is that the actual record of Wuhan history can supplement other historical materials,and the second is that it can be used as a basis for the proofreading of other documentary materials.The shortcomings of the factual records of Wuhan are,first,the fragmentation and dispersion of historical materials,second,the incompleteness of some contents,third,the single source of information,and fourth,the predominance of elite figures and political history.The reasons for this are the nature of the actual records,the compilation style and the main factors of the compiler.