《祠山事要指掌集》是一部关于广德张王信仰的资料汇编,书中保存的许多碑记、官方文告、神灵事迹、仪式活动等或为他书所未见,或可证他书之误,或可与他书互补,对于研究宋代民间信仰,乃至整个中国古代民间信仰都有很高的价值。本文对该书的编纂原委、各刻本之间的源流关系、4卷残本存在的问题,以及全书的内容、史料价值作了初步探讨。 “Ancestral temples to be fingerprinted” is a compilation of materials on the belief of Zhang Guangwang in Guangde. Many inscriptions, official proclamations, deeds of the gods, ritual activities, etc. kept in the book can not be found in his books, The book’s mistakes, or can be complementary with his book, for the study of folk beliefs in the Song Dynasty, and even throughout ancient Chinese folk beliefs have a high value. This article makes a preliminary study on the compilation of the book, the relationship between the origin of the scripts, the existence of the four volumes of the book, the content of the book, and the historical value.