去年夏天 ,我在北京《志书通鉴》座谈会上曾建议 ,不要再用“旧志”和“新志”之称 ,应该改为“历代方志”和“当代方志”。会上有些同志表示赞同。其实这是一个应该弄明白而又偏偏被忽视的问题。“正名”历来为学者所重视。经过若干时间之思考 ,我感到有必要作短文再作一些说 Last summer, at the symposium on “Calligraphy and Calligraphy in Beijing”, I suggested that we no longer use the words “old records” and “new records” and should instead read “local records” and “contemporary local records.” Some comrades at the meeting agreed. In fact, this is a problem that should be understood and overlooked. The “real name” has always been valued by scholars. After some time of thinking, I felt it necessary to make some more essays