《惠州西湖志》考略

Research on the History of Huizhou West Lake

通过对《惠州西湖志》的编纂过程、版本源流、文字内容的勘误情况以及该书作者张友仁的人生简历进行考证,分析了该书所载史料的重大作用及其所反映的宗教文化对惠州西湖的人文社会和人文景观的重要影响,认为该书是建设和管理现代惠州西湖,保存和编修惠州地方文献最为权威和全面的史料之一。

This article tests the compilation process of the book——the History of Huizhou West Lake,together with its origin and development,error correcting details about the context and the life resume of the author,Zhang Youren;narrates the important role that historical materials recorded in this book played,and the potent influences religious culture had on the human society and landscape of Huizhou West Lake. The article also points out that the book is definitely one of the most authoritative and comprehensive historical materials that not only help to construct and manage modern Huizhou West Lake,but to preserve and edit local documents of Huizhou.