图是志书的体裁之一,早期方志的表现形式就是图,用图表示一地的疆域、山川土地、自然景观等。我国最早的方志之一—《山海经》就有不少图。图能发挥文字起不到的作用,在地方志漫长的历史演进中,图始终与志书相伴随。历史上许多史学家不仅重视图的作用,而且努力阐述编史修志 Figure is one of the genres of the book, the early form of local records is a map, a map of the territory, mountains and rivers, natural landscape. One of China’s earliest records - “Shan Hai Jing” there are many pictures. Figure can play the role of text can not, in the long historical evolution of local history, the map is always accompanied by the book. Many historians in history have not only paid attention to the role of the figure, but also tried hard to elaborate and compile history