Commentary on the Theory of Local Records in the Period of the Republic of China

New wind was blowing together with reform, rolling earth and changing stars. The Republic of China attained a peculiar stage of the replacement of the old society, thus offering rare opportunity for the liberation and development of local records and forming a theory with the characteristics of the times. This article formulates the development of the theory and at the same time goes a step further to analyse and research on its pioneering work with the purpose of arousing the concern to it among the academic circles of history in the country, in other words, to cast a brick to attract jade.