广义地说,从我们远古先民的传说,尧、舜、禹、汤故事,春秋时智者先贤所倡“礼失而求诸野”;到近现代各种形式的社会调查、口碑史料征集,乃至爷爷、奶奶、姥姥、姥爷给孙辈讲述家庭渊源或个人往事……都可说是口述历史。当然,这些都只是广义的、古典的或一般性的口述历史。狭义的口述历史,是20世纪下半叶才开始的, Broadly speaking, from the legends of our ancient ancestors, the stories of Yao, Shun, Yu and Tang, the pioneers of the wise men in the Spring and Autumn Period, Call, and even grandpa, grandma, grandma, grandpa to grandchildren about family origins or personal events ... ... can be said oral history. Of course, these are just general, classical or general oral histories. Narrow oral history, the second half of the 20th century began,