| Local chronicles are treasures of Chinese cultural heritage and carriers of preserving local historical and cultural materials.It comprehensively reflects the development and changes of local social economy,history and culture and regulations.Gansu has a long tradition of compiling of records.From the Han dynasty to the Republic of China,a large number of chronicles were compiled before and after,including some famous records.As the first existing provincial records of Gansu Province,Gansu general records completed in Qianlong period comprehensively reflects the situation of politic,economy,culture,education,customs and social life of Gansu Province from ancient times to Yongzheng period of Qing Dynasty.It has important reference value for the study of social development process and historical and cultural changes in Gansu region,and has a high value of literature and historical materials.This paper comprehensively reviews the social background of the compilation of local chronicles,the initiative of the central dynasty of the Qing dynasty,the compilation of the unified chronicles of the Great Qing Dynasty,the unified and stable internal and external environment and the development and prosperity of Gansu economy and culture,which are the comprehensive forces to promote the compilation of general chronicles of Gansu.Research on the division of responsibilities between the participants and the members.Xu Rong is the chief editor in charge among many members of the supervision and revision.His personal virtues plays an important role in the successful compilation of Gansu Tongzhi.The editorial team composed of learning Jinshi is the main body of the compilation of Gansu Tongzhi.The members of the editorial team are closely organized,clearly divided and under the unified command of the chief editor.By analyzing the style and structure of Gansu Tongzhi compilation,it is concluded that its style and category are clear,its boundary is clear,its principles is standard,its structure is not limited to one pattern,and its changes according to the needs of the content on the basis of following the general principle.On the basis of the collecting and sorting out the editions of Gansu Tongzhi by predecessors,this paper sum up the similarities and differences and characteristics of nine edition of Gansu Tongzhi,sorts out the origin and development of each editions,and concludes that the original version of the first year of Qianlong is the source of all editions,but after the continuous changes and supplements during the Qianlong period,it is now difficult to see its appearance and find its synthesis.The editions and supplements scattered in various collection institutions during Qianlong period,and books in Gansu Provincial is the collection copy assorted edition and the Harvard Yanjing society copy combined editions are the major three stream versions with the greatest differences in content form.The other versions are all the changes of these three versions.By using the method of historical origin,the author makes clear the historical records and documents of Gansu Tongzhi,sorts and counts them one by one according to the titles of the volumes,make a list of bibliographies of Gansu Tongzhi,and classifies them according to the nature of the documents,so that the readers can find the historical sources through the catalogue.By systematically exploring the sources of historical materials of Gansu Tongzhi,it is concluded that ancient and modern group records,official archives,inscriptions and oral materials are the three major sources of historical materials,among which ancient and modern group records and official archives are the main documents and historical materials,while field investigation data are the auxiliary documents and materials,forming a pattern of historical materials sources with text data as the main and search data as the auxiliary.Through the main contents of Gansu Tongzhi,this paper discusses the value of its documents and historical materials in the study of Gansu’s historical geography,rules and regulations,social life,cultural and education,transportation,prosperity of characters.Focuses on the textual research done by the author in the form of words,and explores its academic value in the aspects of recording content,correcting historical records’ mistakes,ancient and modern strange names and territories. |
