(一)人物志的地位和作用 在历代方志著作里,人物志占有重要地位。就所占篇幅来说,人物志在志书里少则占百分之十,多则占百分之三十到四十。《新疆图志》共一百一十六卷,其中人物部分十九卷,无论以卷数和页数计算,都占到百分之十六的篇幅。清代学者兰鼎元说:“人物为一郡之柱础,乡梓之光耀。”至今也还有一定的道理。 (A) the position and role of the character records In the chronicle of the chronicles, the character records occupy an important position. As far as the space occupied is concerned, the figures in the books account for as little as 10%, while others account for 30% to 40%. A total of 116 volumes of the “Illustrated Xinjiang Book”, of which 19 figures in the character section, occupy 16% of the total number of articles, both in volume and in number of pages. Lan Dingyuan, a scholar of the Qing Dynasty, said: “The characters are the foundation of a county and the glory of township people.” So far there is still some truth.