I. Basic information
Title: Document
Definition: All carriers of recorded knowledge.
Second, the basic explanation
Books, periodicals and laws of historical significance or research value.
Third, quotation and explanation.
1, written information about laws and regulations and people familiar with their stories.
The Analects of Confucius Bashu: I can say Li Xia, but I don't think it's enough. I can say Li Yin, but I can't sign Song Li. Lack of literature. Zhu note: literature, classics also; Xian and Song Xie Xu visited the poem with wine: clothes are worn in the south, and literature is always there.
2, especially books and materials with historical value or reference value.
Yang Weizhen sent monks back to Japan in Yuan Dynasty: He wanted to visit Dongyi literature and return to middle school. Preface to Qing Suiyang's Genealogy: Although there are no elders left behind and no textual research in the literature, what you have heard and seen is beyond description. My loyal and virtuous children, who were strong before, are now thinking about Gray's poems together.
The basic meaning of literature
The literature we are talking about today mainly refers to the relatively important written materials with historical significance, and the broad definition of literature has become all the carriers of recording knowledge. According to the international definition, literature is the carrier of all information.
With the development of society, the concept of "document" has changed a lot. In addition to ancient books, people also call monuments, antiquities, models, inscriptions and paintings "historical documents". 1984 People's Republic of China (PRC) (PRC) national standard "General Rules for Document Description" defines "document" as: document: all carriers with knowledge are recorded.
In this definition, there are two key words: "knowledge" is the core content of literature, and "carrier" is the material shell on which knowledge depends, that is, some artificial solid attachments to record knowledge. That is to say, except books, periodicals and other publications, all Oracle Bone Inscriptions, epigraphy, bamboo slips, rubbings, maps, microfilms, videos, audio-visual materials, etc. Words containing words belong to the category of literature.