“谱学不等于家谱学”——仓修良《谱谍学通论》之“谱”

A Study of the Genealogy in General Theory of Genealogy by Cang Xiuliang

[目的/意义]作为一种传统文化传承形式,谱牒文献为研究我国封建时代的历史文化提供许多无可替代的重要史料。浙江大学历史系教授、中国历史文献研究会副会长仓修良致力于谱牒学研究,先后发表10余篇谱牒学论文,《谱牒学通论》是他的封笔之作。[方法/过程]对《谱牒学通论》中的内容进行梳理、概括和评析,阐述其学术价值。[结果/结论]认为该著作溯本求源,厘清了谱牒学身世;内容翔实,涵盖谱牒学发展各阶段;脉络清晰,剖解历代谱牒学的兴衰根源;观点鲜明,全面阐述谱牒学的价值和作用;研以致用,阐明作者的修谱主张。提倡图书馆应将家谱的收藏作为地方文献建设的重要内容,建立地方家谱研究会,并且注重对家谱资料的开发利用。

[Purpose/significance]As a form of inheritance of traditional culture,genealogical documents provide many irreplaceable important historical materials for the study of Chinese feudal history and culture.Cang Xiuliang,professor of the Department of History,Zhejiang University and the vice president of Chinese Historical Literature Research Association,He has been devoted himself to the study of genealogy and published more than 10 papers on genealogy.General Theory of Genealogy is his final work.[Method/process]This paper sorts out,summarizes and evaluates the contents of the General Theory of Genealogy and expounds its academic value.[Result/conclusion]It is considered that this work can trace back to the origin and clarify the history of genealogy.The content is informative and covers all stages of the development of genealogy.The book has a clear line of thought,explaining the rise and fall of genealogy and clarifying that the author’s idea of revision is to study and apply.It advocates that libraries should take the collection of genealogy as the important content of the construction of local documents,establish the research institute of local genealogy,and pay attention to the development and utilization of genealogy materials.