通过家谱寻根问祖,可以增强海内外华人的凝聚力和向心力。历史上,家谱的编撰方式分为两个时期,功能作用不一:宋以前主要官修,主要是政治功能,修谱主要为世家大族、朝廷用人服务;宋以后主要是私修,修谱主要是道德功能,凝聚家族、维护族权,为宗族睦族服务。当今时代,家谱作为历史文献,有多方面的价值。我们以前受“左”的思潮影响,往往将家谱看作“四旧”,视为糟粕,有的烧毁。即使保存在图书馆的家谱,也是堆放在角落里,听其尘封虫蛀,显然是不妥的。 Through family tree roots to ask ancestors, the cohesion and solidarity of Chinese at home and abroad can be enhanced. Historically, the compilation of genealogy is divided into two periods, the function of different: the main official before the Song Dynasty, mainly political functions, repair the main family monarchs and civil servants, civil servants; Song after the main private practice, repair the main spectrum It is an ethical function to unite the family, safeguard the ethnic rights and serve the ethnic groups. In today’s era, genealogy as a historical document has many values. We were previously influenced by the “leftist” ideology and often regarded our genealogy as “four olds,” as dross and as burned. Even if the genealogy stored in the library is piled up in the corner, it is obviously not proper to hear its dusty insects.