《鲁谼方氏族谱》的历史社会学解读

The Interpretation of Luhong Fang Family Genealogy from the Perspective of Historical Sociology

近年来,随着我国经济社会的快速发展,民间续修族谱活动逐渐兴起,人们更多地给予族谱以正面的新认识。人们从族谱记载家族世系等情况中,可以了解姓氏源流、家族兴替、人口迁徙、族习门风乃至社会变故等历史,赋予族谱一定的历史价值与社会意义。《鲁谼方氏族谱》由桐城派古文家方东树撰修,具有较高的历史文献价值,折射出社会变迁与文化传承。受学术风气与交叉学科的影响,人们解读族谱的方式有所变化,族谱学研究的视野不断扩展,从历史社会学的角度解读族谱亦是一种尝试。

In recent years, with the rapid economic and social development of China, the activities of editing genealogy are gradually on the rise, which makes more and more people take new positive understanding of it. From the family lineage recorded in genealogy, people can get to know the family history, such as origin of the family name, rise and fall of the family, population migration, customs and moral standing, as well as social changes, which give genealogy certain historical value and social significance. The Luhong Fang Family Genealogy, which was written by Fang Dongshu, the Tongcheng school prose master, reflects social changes and cultural inheritance, and embodies high historical and cultural value. Under the influence of academic atmosphere and interdisciplinary, the horizon of genealogy research is expanding, which changes the way of people＇s understanding of genealogy. To interpret genealogy from the perspective of historical sociology is also an attempt.