谱牒:最具中国特色的历史档案

Genealogy:The History Archives that Has the Most Chinese Characters

谱牒档案是我们这一独特的伦理国家生成、演变的最真实、最长久、最重要的原始记录和历史凭证,谱牒档案文化也是我国档案文化的典型代表。自三代至明清,王家玉牒始终是王权统治合法性的档案凭证;诸侯或官僚家族谱牒同样是中国伦理式官僚制度中不可或缺的重要档案。宋以降开始的谱牒档案的平民化,则是随族权统治强化而形成的宗族档案管理社会实际需求的必然结果;作为家族或宗族的档案库,家谱档案无疑又是各种形态的民间档案的典型代表,以及档案民间化的集中体现。

The genealogy archives are the most important,the longest and the real original records and history certificates about the formation and development of our special ethical country,and they are typical representatives of Chinese archival culture.From the Dynasty of Xia to Qing,the Imperial Kinsmen Genealogy in every dynasties had been the archival certificates for the reign,and the family genealogies in the families of dukes and bureaucrats were indispensable archives in ethic bureaucratic system in China.Beginning in the Dynasty of Song,the genealogy archives became more popular in all people,which was the result of need for governing the society when the clan power was strengthened.As the archives of family and clan,the family genealogies are typical representatives of all kinds of folk archives and embodies of populace archives.