Local records of China emerged in the Qin and Han dynasties,the Wei,Jin,Sui and Tang dynasties were just beginning to take shape,in the Song and Yuan dynasties,there were gradually templates,further development in Ming dynasty,finally reached the peak in the Qing dynasty.The local records compiled by“Hanyangfu” before the Ming dynasty were either not recorded or only a small part of them were left,although the edited part was left,it was not complete in terms of content and was more difficult to verify in terms of format.The four extant books of“Jiajing,Wanli,Kangxi,Qianlong Hangyang Fuzhi”,scholars have done little research on these books,only a small numbers do some research,some scholars quoted the snippets in support of their opinions.The author based on the previous research,based on the original literature,supplemented by traditional literature research method,content analysis method and comparative research method,I hope to have an overall grasp of these four books,so as to enrich the research results of Hanyang government records.The author intends to study the general situation and characteristics of these four "Hanyang Fuzhi",which are discussed in the following three aspects:The first part is an overview of the“Hanyang Fuzhi ” in the Ming and Qing dynasties.This part starts from the historical evolution of Hanyang Prefecture,and understands the administrative divisions and territorial scope of the Hanyang government,as well as the current Hanyang district plan.At the same time,we understand the overall compilation of the “Hanyang Fuzhi” before the Ming and Qing dynasties and the Ming and Qing dynasties,whether they are retained or not.It also introduces the book of the existing four books,and introduces the content of the book;it also discusses the co-editing ideas of the four books and the compilation of the book.The second part is the characteristics of the "Hanyang Fuzhi" in the Ming and Qingdynasties.This part is based on the characteristics of the organization personnel,the characteristics of the content structure,and the characteristics of the data source.Through the overall comparison of the original documents,the general characteristics of the Local records are summarized.The third part is the historical value of the“Hanyang Fuzhi” in the Ming and Qing dynasties.This part is based on the overall grasp of the four government records,through the natural geography,political economy,social customs to reveal its historical value. |