明清时期族谱的教化功能刍议

中国传统族谱的社会功能是多方面的，在明清时期，随着统治者竭力鼓吹恢复宗族制度和族谱的大量篡修，使得作为宗族文化重要组成部分之一和“一家之史”的族谱成为对族人进行伦理道德教育的优秀教材，发挥着巨大的教化作用，在精神上，成为联络族人的最好途径和凝聚宗族的最佳纽带，进而成为巩固政权和维护统治的有力工具。

On the Teaching and Enlightening Functions of the Family Trees in the Period of Ming and Qing Dynasties

In China,social functions of the traditional family trees are in many aspects.In the periods of Ming and Qing,the rulers did their utmost to promote resuming clan's system and completing of family trees,thus making the family trees,which are the most important component of the clan culture and the history, an excellent teaching material to teach and enlighten the clansmen in ethics and moral education,and the best way for the clansmen to get in touch with each other in spirit,further the traditional family trees become the strong tool to consolidate their regime and to maintain their rules.