试述家谱与名镇志编纂——以江苏名镇志《湖塘镇志》编纂为例

Tentative Review of Family Genealogies and Famous Towns Records Compilation——A Case Study of Jiangsu Famous Town Records Hutang Town Records

江南地区保存有丰富的家谱族谱,为名镇志编纂提供了比较真实反映历史面貌、时代精神和社会风尚的参考资料。江苏湖塘镇具有深厚的历史文化底蕴、良好的地域条件和经济发展基础,该镇志的编纂重视利用本地区的家谱资料,充分体现乡村社会的基本状态,突出当代乡村的变革特色,反映名镇文化特色及其多源性的原因,使该镇志具有鲜明的地域性。其所引用的家规族约、家训和一些名人事迹,对弘扬良好的社会风尚有着积极作用。

In regions south of the Yangtze River,many family and clan genealogies are preserved,providing references for famous town records compilation with relatively true reflections of historical landscape,spirit of the age,and social trends.Hutang Town of Jiangsu province has rich historical and cultural background,good regional conditions and economic development basis.The compilation of its town records paid close attention to usage of regional family genealogies materials that fully reflected basic conditions of rural society,highlighted transformation features of contemporary rural areas,and reflected its cultural features as a famous town and its contributing factors with multiple origins,attaching distinctive regional characteristics to its town records.Family rules,family instructions,clan conventions,and stories of local celebrities quoted in the town records have positive effects on our current efforts to uphold good social customs.