《清水江文书》索引编纂:背景、方法及学术意义

Indexing the Qiangshuijiang Manuscripts: Contexts,Methods and Significance

清水江流域遗存着的大量以山林契约为主的文书是苗侗民族山地文明最为重要的公共历史记忆库之一。张应强和王宗勋主编、广西师范大学出版社出版的《清水江文书》,是目前收录此类文书数量最多、类别最全的文献。该书卷帙浩繁,但除了按村寨卷帙编排的目录提供检索外,尚无其它的辅助索引,制约了清水江文书文献价值的发挥,为了多途径检索《清水江文书》中的信息,提出编纂"《清水江文书》索引"。索引的内容包括文书来源村寨索引、分类索引、篇名索引、立契日期索引、人名索引五个部分。索引的编纂为读者多途径检索《清水江文书》带来便利,有效提高《清水江文书》的使用效率,助推清水江文书这一历史记忆库藏的学术研究。

Drawing on the new approaches and techniques in the field of library and information sciences,and based on the context of the Qingshuijiang Manuscripts,this article first discusses the necessity and significance of compiling indexes for this vase body of documentary heritage that contains enormous collective historical memory of the Hmong and Kam peoples and their mountain civilizations. And then,the authors propose some specific applicable methods for undertaking such an endeavor in details.