Study On Local Gazetteers Compilation Of Jiangxi In Song Dynasty

The compilation of local gazetteers originated very early.After more than 1000 years of development,it tended to be finalized in the Song Dynasty.At the same time,there was a great change in the compilation of local gazetteers in Song Dynasty,that is,scholars participated in the cause of local gazetteers extensively,sometimes even local scholars completed the writing of a local gazetteers alone.It can be said that scholars in Song Dynasty played an important role in the compilation of local gazetteers.The Song Dynasty carried out the You Wen policy,so the monarch attached great importance to the cause of local gazetteers.At the same time,Jiangxi was prosperous in economy,imperial examination,education and culture,and a large number of scholars emerged,which laid an important foundation for the development of local gazetteers.In the Song Dynasty,Jiangxi scholars were active not only in the court,but also in the local cultural construction.On the one hand,they took an active part in the compilation of national gazetteers,on the other hand,they made great achievements in the compilation of local gazetteers.They not only took an active part in the compilation of local gazetteers led by local officials,but also privately wrote many representative gazetteers.According to the historical data,the compilation of Jiangxi Local gazetteers began from?Yu zhang jiu zhi?,which was compiled by Xu Zheng in the Three Kingdoms period.Although many gazetteers of Jiangxi in Song Dynasty have been lost due to various reasons,according to the related local gazetteers preface and literature records,it can be found that the scholars participated widely in the process of local local gazetteers compilation.They are people who live in the hometown,who have professional background,who are professors of local state schools,or who have high reputation in the local area.They have high general literary literacy and rich knowledge.From the perspective of scholars' participation in the compilation of Jiangxi Local gazetteers in the Song Dynasty,we can observe the role of scholars in the process of compilation,and explore the reasons for scholars' participation in the compilation of local gazetteers,which will help us to understand the local cultural construction of Jiangxi in the Song Dynasty and the relationship between scholars and local society.