隋唐时期,在全国大一统的局面下,浙江地区的社会经济在六朝的基础上获得长足的发展。唐中叶之后,“天下大计,仰于东南。”①经济的繁荣局面,为方志的发展准备了物质基础。政府对方志的社会功能,亦愈益重视。为加强对修志工作的控制,使方志成为封建统治的工具,朝廷不仅发出了纂修方志诏令,还规定了州郡每届修志相隔的时间。这对浙江方志的发展无疑起了重大的推进作用。这一阶段,浙江的方志开始由雏形向定型过渡。 During the Sui and Tang dynasties, under the unified state of the whole country, the social economy in Zhejiang Province made great strides on the basis of the Six Dynasties. After the middle of Tang Dynasty, “the best plan in the world was relied on in the southeast.” ① The prosperity of the economy provided a material basis for the development of local chorography. The government has also paid more and more attention to the social functions of local chores. In order to strengthen the control over the work of commemorating the Chi and to make it a tool for the feudal rule, the court not only issued edict to compile the magistrate’s edict but also stipulated the time interval between each revision of the state and county. This undoubtedly played a significant role in promoting the development of Zhejiang Local Records. At this stage, Zhejiang’s local history began to transition from a prototype to a stereotype.