Abstract: This paper explores the stories of the author’s clansman，the monk Fayun，who gained fame in
Beijing for his masterful calligraphy in late Qing dynasty． The author puts forward several views on how to
treat folk tales and how to integrate the micro history and local history with the total history． The article
argues that，folk tales were not always groundless while the formal records were not reliable all the time．
Though we should not immediately take folk tales as truth，they still could be used as clues for historical
exploration． From the local cases，we can not only observe the daily life of an era，but could also analyze
and summarize the“common sense”of a certain era and region by exploring the relevant social networks，
in other words，every aspect of the stage and the background of daily life． From“common sense”we can
further see through and grasp the flavor and character of the time in a certain region and even country，
thus reaching the goal of total history or general history by studying local and micro history．

摘要： 本文通过晚清时期笔者的一位在京城有一定书法声名的族人(浙江昌化人)法云和尚故事的钩沉,对如何认识民间传说以及如何让微观史和地方史研究走向总体史提出了自己的看法。认为,民间的传说未必全然无据,而正式的文献记载也不见得全然可靠,传说或口述,固然不可尽信,但也一定不能忽视作为钩沉史实线索的意义。从地方的案例中,我们不仅可以观察到一个时代生活的日常性,而且也可能藉由对社会的相关网络,也即日常生活舞台和背景的方方面面的探究,来分析概括出一个时代和地区中人们生活的"常识",并从"常识"来透视和捕捉一个区域乃至国家的时代风貌和特性,使地方与微观史研究达致总体史或全面史的目的。 更多还原