“档案是由文件转化而来的”，这是档案界 的传统观点，笔者对这一观点也曾深信不疑。但近几年来却对这一观点产生了怀疑，并且愈来愈认识到这一观点的可商榷性。下面谈一点自己的看法，请档案界的老师和朋友指教。 原始性是档案的本质特征之一，这在档案界认识上已日趋统一，? “The files are transformed from documents,” which is the traditional view of the archives community. The author also believed in this view. However, this view has been doubted in recent years and there is a growing recognition of the negotiability of this view. Here to talk about their own views, please file teachers and friends enlightenment. Primitiveness is one of the essential features of the archives, which has become more and more unified in the field of archival.