《怀来新志》述评

Narrative Comments on Huailai New Records

20世纪五六十年代,全国范围内掀起了编纂社会主义新方志的热潮。河北省怀来县在中国文联所属各协会下放干部的帮助下,历时4个月,编纂出版了《怀来新志》。该志坚持为社会主义建设服务的指导思想,坚持厚今薄古的编纂原则,通篇使用散文体裁,为当时部分市县开展修志提供参考。《怀来新志》在编纂方法和文献资料方面具有一定价值,但由于时代的原因,该志也存在着脱离地方志编纂传统体例及记载内容浮夸失实的缺陷。

In the 1950s and 1960s,a vigorous campaign for socialist new local records compilation was launched nationwide.Huailai County of Hebei Province,with help from transferred cadres from various associations under China Federation of Literary and Art Circles,compiled and published Huailai New Records in 4 months.Huailai New Records sticked to guiding thoughts of serving for socialist construction,and the compilation principle of putting the emphasis on the present rather than the past,used the prose style in the whole work,and provided references for some of the cities and counties in their efforts of local records compilation.Huailai New Records have certain values in terms of compilation methods and literature references.But due to reasons related to the age,it also has the deficiencies of departing from the traditional style of local records compilation and exaggerations and misrepresentations with some of the recordings.