对地方志学科属性的研究,由来已久。汉代,郑玄把方志视为古国史。唐代,颜师古把方志视为地理书。宋代,多数学者认为方志为历书书。清代,形成了以戴震为代表的地方志属于地理和以章学诚为代表的地方志属于历史两派之间的激烈争论。民国间,出现了方志是“亦史亦地”的说法。对于 The study of the attributes of local history has a long history. Han dynasty, Zheng Xuan treats the local history as ancient history. In the Tang Dynasty, Yan Shiguang regarded the chronicle as a geography book. In the Song Dynasty, most scholars thought that local history books were almanacs. In the Qing Dynasty, the formation of the local chronicles represented by Dai Zhen belonged to geography and the local chronicles represented by Zhang Xuecheng belonged to the heated debate between the two schools of history. Between the Republic of China, there has been a local history is “also history” argument. for