地方志文献汇纂与中国宗教史研究的新趋向

Local Chronicles Collection and the New Trends of Historical Research on Chinese Religions

地方志是迄今为止中国历史上最大的文献资料库,蕴藏着极其丰富而宝贵的中国历代地方社会的佛教和道教历史信息,展示了较佛教《大藏经》和《道藏》及各种"正史"文献更加真实、生动和具体的佛教史和道教史。《中国地方志佛道教文献汇纂》的推出,必将促使国内外的中国佛教和道教史研究从以人物和思想为中心的线性史研究走向以道场(寺观)为中心的立体史研究,从以往的单线条静态史研究走向多维时空的动态史研究,并将改变过去在三教关系、政教关系等重大问题上以意识形态和政治为中心的思想史和政治史解释模式而趋向以民众现实需要及其生活方式为中心的社会史解释模式。

Local Chronicles are the largest documents collections ever in Chinese history, with far more information of Buddhism and Taoism than the Buddhist Scriptures and the Taoist Canon. The recently published Chinese Local Chronicles of Buddhism and Taoism Documents Collection is expected to lead the historical research on Chinese religions to new trends： from linear studies according to the figure and the thought to Three Dimensional Studies according to the temple, from static studies to dynamic studies, from the interpretive model of history in the thought and politics to the interpretive model of Social History.