中国近代海关文献整理述评

Review about Arranging of Documents of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service in Modern China

中国近代海关留下了数量庞大的文献,但由于在当时实行保密管理,外界知之甚少。新中国初期至八十年代档案未能开放,使得整理也很有限。八十年代之后,随着研究视野的地方转向,海关文献日益受到学术界的重视,相应的整理工作也逐步展开,到目前,海关文献的整理工作在公布与评述、开发与管理、编写工具书、编写海关志、考证文献源流等方面取得了实质性的进展;大批的海关出版物、海关档案、人物档案以及外交档案得以整理或出版,这为学界的利用提供了极大便利。但是,其在文献的整理方法、范围、程度上仍有待改观,以官方的力量统一规划、加强国内外合作、保持档案原生性、超越历史学视野以及数字化是今后整理值得注意的路径。

The Chinese Maritime Customs Service left a large number of documents,but because of the implementation of secrecy management at that time,little was known.The archives in early 80 sto PRC failed to be opened,making the arrangement very limited.After 80 s,as the research field from the central to local historical,the documents of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service in Modern China are increasingly brought to the attention of the academia.After a long time of hard work,researchers have made substantial progress in the following aspects:report and review,development and management,writing auxiliary books,Textual research data source.At the same time,a large number of the original file and customs publications,and the customs of foreign staff profiles and diplomatic archives to organize or publish,provides a great convenience for the researchers.However,the documents of arrange methods,scope and extent is still to be improved.Rely on the official power of unified planning,strengthen cooperation at home and abroad,to maintain the original nature of the documents,beyond the history of the field of vision and electronic is the possible path in the future.