中国地方志以起源早、持续久、类型全、数量多著称于世界文化之林。它自周秦发轫以来,至宋而大体定型,至清而称极盛。据《中国地方志联合目录》统计,仅自宋至民国保存至今的方志就有8264种,11万余卷,近年又时有发现,除山水寺院志外,实际数字已达 Chinese local history to originate early, lasting a long time, the type of all, the number of known in the world of cultural forest. Since its establishment in the Zhou dynasty, it has reached the general shape of the Song Dynasty and is extremely prosperous through the Qing Dynasty. According to the “Chinese Local History Union Catalog” statistics, only since the Song Dynasty to the Republic of China has 82,242 kinds of records, more than 110,000 volumes, in recent years have also found that, in addition to the monasticism, the actual figure has reached