Standardization of Chinese Local History Compilations

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There is a close racial relationship between Taiwan’s aborigines and New Zealand’s Māori people. During process of immigration from Taiwan to New Zealand, revealing the two races connected. Through evidence of the words “Genealogy”, “Whakapapa” “Family Chronicles” which have similarity but also differences. The language differences existed but in what extent the differences are. The major objective of this study is to compare the differences among these concepts of whakapapa, genealogy and family chronicles to explore the meanings beyond these three words. Authors retrieved Māori and related literature to find out the differences. The difficulties came from that aborigines did not have archives or written records of the history. However, there are not sufficient information available. With limited information, authors extract valuable concept worth further exploration. Authors suggest that public libraries of these two area should systematically collect related information. The other suggestion is to produce oral history of local aborigines in order to maintain the language heritage and cultural development.

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1. National Development Plan for the Work on Local Chronicles (2015-2020) (issued by the General Office of the State Council on August 25, 2015), Regulations on the Construction of Local Chronicles Museums(Trial) (issued by the office of Chinese Local Chronicles Guidance Group on June 12, 2017), National Implementation Plan of the Construction Project of Local Chronicles Informatization and Digitalization, (issued by the office of Chinese Local Chronicles Guidance Group on February 12, 2017). 2. Ji Xiangde: On Building Local Chronicles in Accordance with the Law, Chinese Local Chronicle, issue 5, 2016. 3. Ji Xiangde: Speech at the 1st National Working Conference of Local Chronicles Museums, October 9, 2016. 4. Liu Dan: A Discussion about the Six Dimensions of the Development of Local Chronicles Museums, issue 23, Shandong Chronicles. 5. The relevant data is from the statistics of the work progress of China’s local chronicles system conducted by the office of Chinese Local Chronicles Guidance Group on December 31, 2018.