新一轮修志编修通纪志的必要性

On the Necessity of Compiling General Records in the New Round of Local Records Compilation

历代方志皆以通纪为常态,以断代为例外,"一方全史"和"一地百科全书"成为人们普遍接受的方志印象。从两轮修志经验看,首轮修志始于改革开放后百业待兴的时代,编修通纪志恰逢其时;第二轮修志在两轮修志首尾叠加的背景下启动,接续编修断代志合乎时势。由于断代志之"代"并非独立时间系统,其独立性无法与贯通古今的通纪志比肩;地方综合年鉴特别是"多年鉴"的存在,使断代志和地方综合年鉴界限模糊,进一步影响了断代志在志书体系中的地位。根据历代修志传统和两轮修志经验,结合当前人们需要一部贯通古今的新方志、地方历史文脉需要梳理打通及其应对新媒体时代的现实需要,编修通纪志是新一轮修志的必然选择。

Over the generations,local records compilators have taken general records as the normal form,and periodical records as the exception.Local records as"the comprehensive local history"and"local encyclopedia"became the generally accepted impression.New China has seen two rounds of local records compilation.The first round started after the reform and opening-up,when many businesses were to be further facilitated,and the compilation of general records was well timed.The second round started when the first round was coming to a close,when the compilation of periodical records was called for by the trend of the times.As the"period"of periodical records does not refer to an independent temporal system,they cannot stand side by side with general records that connect the past to present.The existence of local comprehensive yearbooks,particularly"yearbooks of multiple years",blurs the boundary between periodical records and local comprehensive yearbooks,and further undermines the position of periodical records in the local records system.Traditions of local records compilation over the generations,experiences of the last two rounds of local records compilation,and people’s practical need for new local records that bridge the past and the present,establish the local cultural history and adapt to the age of new media,make it imperative to compile general records in the third round of compilation.