编者按:在中国古代史学界,甲骨文、简牍、敦煌文书、明清档案、徽州文书等出土或传世文书的研究已相当深入,形成了“甲骨学”、“简牍学”、“敦煌学”、“(明清)档案学”、“徽学”等学科。然而,这些学科受限于研究对象的时代性及存在形态的差异性,形成不同的概念与分类标准,始终缺乏一个能够将作为原始文献的古文书与一般编纂的典籍文献区分开来,进而从整体上概括中国古文书内在特点的理论体系。因此,非常有必要在历史学、文献学、档案学等既有学科的相关研究基础之上,参考国外古文书学的理论与经验,建立起跨断代的、涵盖公私文书研究的“中 Editor’s Note: Research on unearthed or handed down instruments in places such as ancient Chinese history, Oracle, Jane, Dunhuang, Ming and Qing dynasties, and Huizhou documents has become quite profound. , ”Dunhuang Science “, ”(Ming and Qing dynasties) archives “, ”Hui Xue " and other disciplines. However, these disciplines are limited by the differences of the age and the existing forms of the subjects, forming different concepts and classification standards. There is always a lack of separation between the ancient texts, which are the original documents, and the general editors’ As a whole, it summarizes the theoretical system of the intrinsic characteristics of ancient Chinese instruments. Therefore, it is very necessary to build on the theories and experiences of foreign ancient clerical studies on the basis of relevant researches in history, documentology and archival science and so on, and to establish a cross-generational study covering both public and private documents