宋代知州知府与当地图经、方志纂述

地方志是宋代州府长官任职期内重要的施政参考和教化工具。宋代知州知府多兼具学者、文人身份,他们为当地方志从纂修到出版提供有力的物质支持,也以不同方式亲自组织或参与方志纂述,凭借权力取得了当地方志纂述活动中的主导地位,并借此增进与地方士人的合作交流。知州知府的参与是宋代图经、方志发展兴盛的一个重要原因,同时促进了当时方志纂述中两大特色的形成:一是宋代方志具有较高的文献价值;二是方志中"史家意识"的流露,从而出现州府长官代代续修一志的历史现象。

The Prefects and the Tradition of Compiling Map Guides and Local Gazetteers during the Song Dynasty

Map guides and local gazetteers were both important references for the prefects to understand the local situation during the Song Dynasty.They also performed as ways by which the prefects instructed and civilized(教化)the local people.During the Song Dynasty,the quality of the map guides and local gazetteers were significantly improved by the sponsorship and participation of the prefects,who were literati and sometimes well known scholars.Therefore,the compiling of the map guides and local gazetteers became part of the tradition of the historiography in the Song.