由于客观因素的限制,国内关于家族史、宗族史的研究起步较晚,对于宋代阶段更是如此。20世纪以来,大致经历了发端、停滞、复兴、蓬勃四个阶段。研究的深度和广度也从最初宗族作为宗法制度研究的附庸,到后来的对于宗族制度和宗族的组织形式、运作方式、发展维系等方面探讨,近年来的研究多借鉴国外年鉴学派的研究方法,更关注于个案家族的起家、发展、因袭等状况的考察。 Due to the limitation of objective factors, the research on family history and clan history began later in China, especially for the Song Dynasty. Since the twentieth century, it has basically experienced four stages of starting, stagnating, rejuvenating and flourishing. The depth and breadth of the research also range from the study of the ancestral clan as the vassal of the patriarchal clan system to the later discussion of the clan system and the clan’s organizational form, mode of operation and development and maintenance. In recent years, many researches have borrowed from the research methods of the foreign yearbook schools, More concerned about the case of family started, development, follow-up and other conditions of the investigation.