倾听历史之音——口述史视野下的清水江文书研究

Listen to the Voice of History: A Study of Qingshuijiang Instruments Based on the Views from an Oral History

清水江文书研究,既要学习继承敦煌、徽州文书甚至传统历史文献研究方法与思路,更要走出一条具有自己特色的研究路径。口述史的尝试,便是对文书研究的一个有益探索。归户性特征,为文书口述史研究提供良好契机。文书口述史料的收集、整理要注意"点""面"结合,考证文书或老人口中苗语侗音的自身含义,具有口述史的独特性。老人逝去,语言流逝,使文书口述史记录更具有紧迫性。文书口述史料挖掘、运用,能够弥补传统文献史料不足或局限,扩展文书研究史料途径,对于多角度、新视野探讨清水江流域乃至中国传统农村社会变化发展的多维真实情况,也具有不可替代的研究价值。

The study of Qingshuijiang instruments should not only follow the research methods and ideas for the traditional historical literature applied for the study of Dunhuang and Huizhou Documents, but also create an approach with its own unique features. The try of Oral History is a beneficial probe into the study of the instru- ments. The characteristics of normalizing each household provide a good opportunity for the study of the instru- ments in the form of oral history. Attention should be paid to the combination of ＂point＂ and ＂face＂ in the process of collecting and arranging the oral - history instruments, to the examination of the instruments, or the sense of Miao dialect and Dong pronunciation by the old population, and to the unique features of the oral histo- ry. When the old people pass away, the language will disappear, so that the instrument of oral history is more ur- gency. The exploration and application of the oral historical data could make up for the insufficiency or limitation of the traditional literature and expand the ways for the study of the instruments. It can explore the multi - di- mensional real social changes in Qingshuijiang Basin and even in the traditional rural society at more angles and from New Horizons. This has an irreplaceable research value.