关于志书编纂中史料处理的几个问题——以编纂《浙江通志·海塘专志》为例

On Several Issues Related to the Handling of Historical References in Local Records Compilation-A Case Study of the Compilation of Zhejiang General Records-Seawalls Special Records

编纂志书选用的史料要求必须真实、准确,并具有代表性、权威性。笔者在编志书考证史料时,发现有些古代不同的志书在记载同一事件的数据、涉事人名、官职、地名、纪事年代、史料版本等方面各有千秋,难以取舍。今以编纂《浙江通志·海塘专志》为例,史料处理的具体做法是史料的追根溯源,竭力找到资料的源头;人名的寻根问祖,追寻人物故乡的志书;官职的旁征博引,查询人物官职的变迁;地名的历史演变,探索地名的续沿革;事件的因事系人,厘清事件与人的关系。

Historical references selected for local records compilation must be true,accurate,representative,and authoritative.When examining historical references for local records compilation,the authors found some of the local records from ancient periods had great discrepancies among recordings of the same event and hard to reach a decision to include them in or not when it came to aspects such as data,person's names involved in events,official titles,place names,chronological years,and editions of historical references.We now take the compilation of Zhejiang General Records-Seawalls Special Records as an example.Our specific approaches to the handling of historical references are to try our best to trace the origins of historical references.In terms of the tracing of the origins of person's names,we try to trace and find local records from the person's hometown.In terms of quotations of official titles,we try to search for the transformation of the person's official titles.In terms of historical evolution of place names,we try to search for the succession and transformation of place names.In terms of recording persons by associated events,we try to clarify the relationship between persons and events.