分析了徽州家谱的编纂理论与方法,探索了《西关章氏族谱》对于老谱中有价值的文献资料的辑录,研究了该谱的编修特点以及该谱《家传》中对于绩溪商人事迹的记载,折射出徽商“贾而好儒”、“贾而好游”的儒雅情趣.认为《西关章氏族谱》以古徽州绩溪县城的“西关”为视点,勾勒出晚清民国时期徽州乡土社会的原貌与变迁.
The theory and methods of the compiling of genealogy of Huizhou region are analyzed. It is considered that, Xiguan Zhang's Genealogy compiled the valuable documents of the original genealogy. The characteristics o{ the compilation of the genealogy and the record of the deeds of Jixi merchants in Jiazhuan of this genealogy are studied, which reflect the elegant taste of "merchants' love for confucianism and tourism" of Jixi merchants. The genealogy takes Xiguan of Jixi in ancient Huizhou County as the viewpoint to delineate the original appearance and vicissitude of Huizhou's countryside during the period of the late Qing Dynasty.