编纂《气象志》的四大原则

由于了解气象国情的需要,近年来我国各省、市、自治区气象局,都在负责编纂《气象志》。《气象志》作为《地方志》的专志之一,是《地方志》编纂工作的创举,责任重大但缺乏经验。虽各地曾提出过编写专志的普遍原则,但并未提出过编写《气象志》的特殊原则。而此项特殊原则系编《气象志》所不可或缺的。为适应此项需要,本文特阐述编纂《气象志》的四个总体大原则,即时代先进性原则、志实原则、统属原则和体例原则。至于编纂《气象志》的一些具体原则,如叙事原则、供资原则、存史原则、传人原则及著录原则等将另文阐述。

THE FOUR GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR COMPILING THE RECORD BOOK OF REGIONAL METEOROLOGICAL AFFAIRS

Knowledge of China's meteorological conditions,which is essential for the further development of the meteorological work, is based upon the understanding of the local situation and history of meteorology in each province, municipality and autonomous region. Thus, weather services at the provincial level are now taking the responsibility of compiling the record books of regional meteorological affairs(QIXIANG ZHI).For lack of experiences in the work initiated just recently, it is necessary to establish both general and specific principles for the compilation. In order to meet this need,some general principles have been presented successively,but no specific principles have been suggested so far.In this paper, four general principles and five specific principles are advanced. The four general principles, such as, progressiveness, truthfulness, subordination and layout, are discussed in some detail. The five specific principles will be dealt with in a separate paper.