还历史一个真实的杨嗣昌——《杨嗣昌集》整理与研究的意义

Return the True Yang Sichang to History——On the Significance of the Sorting-out and Research of Collected Works of Yang Sichang

《杨嗣昌集》的整理,可为明史、政治、军事、文学等多学科研究提供难得的第一手资料。杨嗣昌精美的文学创作和独到的理论见解足以确立他在文学史上的地位,同时,也体现了他作为一位封建高官的高尚情操。杨嗣昌在湖湘地方文化方面的贡献和旅游理论方面的探索,将为新世纪的城市文化建设、旅游事业发展提供有益的启示。

The sorting-out of Collected Works of Yang Sichang provides valuable firsthand materials for researches in such fields as the history, politics, military and literature of Ming Dynasty. Yang Sichang's splendid literary works and unique literary views in it established his important position in the literary history. Meanwhile the book embodied his lofty ideals as a feudal high-ranking official, in which there is much we can make use of. Yang Sichang's contribution to the local literature in Hubei and Hunan Provinces and his exploration in tourist theories will prove to be valuable to city culture construction and tourism development in the new century.