从区域认知中国——清水江学的价值与研究方法

Perceiving China from a Regional Perspective-The Value of Qingshui River Studies and Research Methodology

清水江区域学的研究需要注意人文因素与自然因素互动互塑的地缘性特征,其中最要者即清水江-沅江所发挥的促进物流、人流及文化信息传播的重要交通连结作用。因而在关注区域内部各种分散聚落人群的复杂性空间联系的同时,也要重视其不断变边裔为内地的历史性时间变迁过程。结合空间时间各种复杂因素分析研究当地区域体系,则不妨以“成长的社会”来概括其文化结构的整体性特征。“成长的社会”本质上也是开放与变动着的社会,而开放的社会是最容易受惠于外来的知识的,当然也是最有益于社会或文明的变动与成长的;所以在立足于方法论的一般性立场,也有必须强调与之相应的动态而非静态的比较性分析研究。而大量包括契约文书在内的乡土文献的整理公布与出版,恰好为清水江区域学的研究与建构提供了坚实可靠的文献来源基础。

The study of the Qingshui River region requires attention to the geopolitical characteristics of the interaction between human and natural factors,the most important of which is the important role of the Qingshui River-Yuan River as a transportation link that facilitates the flow of goods,people,and cultural information.Thus,while paying attention to the complex spatial connections of various dispersed settlements within the region,it is also necessary to pay attention to the historical and temporal process of changing from border to interior.When the local regional system is analyzed in the context of various complex factors in space and time,it is possible to summarize the holistic characteristics of its cultural structure in terms of“growing society”.“Growing society”is essentially an open and changing society,and an open society is the one that benefits most from ex‐ternal knowledge and is certainly the most beneficial to the change and growth of society or civilization.The pub‐lication of a large number of local documents,including contractual documents,has provided a solid and reliable documentary basis for the study and construction of the regional study of Qingshui River.