一　　国外学者非常重视方志 ,大多将其视为一种“资源”和研究中国问题的工具。在我所接触和认识的国外汉学家中 ,就有不少常利用中国地方志研究中国历史问题的。如 :日本庆应义塾大学的山本英史教授编《传统中国的地域像》就引用了大量的方志资料 ,研究了“通州·北京间的物 A foreign scholar attaches great importance to local records, most of whom regard it as a “resource” and a tool for studying China’s problems. Among the foreign sinologists I have come to know and understand, quite a few often use the Chinese local history books to study Chinese history. Such as: Japan’s Keio University Professor Yamamoto British history of the “traditional China’s regional image” on the reference to a large number of local records, study of "Tongzhou Beijing between the things