方志可以利用图来更直观、更集中地传达一地自然和社会的历史与现状。历代方志学家对图的作用认识深刻,积累了丰富的图学思想。本文主要简单记述明清时期的图学思想,用来揭示图在方志中的作用、地位及其功能。 Local records can be used to convey the history and current status of nature and society in a more intuitive and focused manner. Historians of chronicles profound understanding of the role of the graph, has accumulated a wealth of graphic thinking. This paper briefly describes the pictorial ideas in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and uses it to reveal the role, status and functions of the figures in the local records.