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台北故宫藏乾隆《盐源县志》的著者在不同方志目录中著录内容不同，或指为杨丽中所纂，或称佚名。而据笔者考证，杨丽中实为乾隆六十年《冕宁县志》的编者。通观乾隆《盐源县志》的内容、嘉庆《四川通庆》与光绪《盐源县志》的相关记载，以及清代修纂县志的规定与惯例，可以认为：一、乾隆《盐源县志》成书时间为乾隆四十八年或四十九年；二、时任盐源知县的曾正浩为此志的主修者，纂者主要为县衙中的官吏；三、台北故宫博物院现所藏孤本不是一般意义上的传抄本，应为誊写本。
태북고궁장건륭《염원현지》적저자재불동방지목록중저록내용불동，혹지위양려중소찬，혹칭일명。이거필자고증，양려중실위건륭륙십년《면저현지》적편자。통관건륭《염원현지》적내용、가경《사천통경》여광서《염원현지》적상관기재，이급청대수찬현지적규정여관례，가이인위：일、건륭《염원현지》성서시간위건륭사십팔년혹사십구년；이、시임염원지현적증정호위차지적주수자，찬자주요위현아중적관리；삼、태북고궁박물원현소장고본불시일반의의상적전초본，응위등사본。
Yanyuan is located at the edge of Qinghai -Tibet plateau and the Tibetan -Yi corridor. It lies in a multi - ethnic area of southwest Sichuan; and borders on the west with Ninglang county of Yunnan province. Although Yanyuan lies in a remote and isolated area, it has a long history. It already appeared in historical literature dating to more than 2000 years ago; and Dingzuo County was established there in the western Han period. Later, successive dynasties established counties there. In the early period of the Qing dynasty, the yanjing wei （Yanjing Guard） was set up there. It stayed there until 1728 （the sixth year of Yongzheng period of the Qing dynasty） when, according to the needs of the situation, the Qing court decided to replace yanjing wei with yanjing xian （Yanjing county）. When Yanyuan was for- mally set up as a county, it was just at the time of the first peak of compiling local gazetteers in the Qing dynasty--many local gazetteers had been compiled during that time all over the country, including various prefectures and counties of Sichuan. Although it was far away from Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, Yanyuan also compiled its first local gazetteer in the Qing period during this peak time. This was the yanyuan xianzhi （Yanyuan Gazetteer）. Actually, this gazetteer was not widely circulated, and it was not e- ven mentioned in sources related to the Qing dynasty. Until the 1980s, when some scholars discussed various local gazetteers in Sichuan, they did not mention this gazetteer. Due to various reasons, no copies of this gazetteer exist in the libra ies of the mainland. At present, only the Taipei Palace Museum has a copy. Hence, chances are rare for readers on the mailand to have access to this gazetteer. Based upon available materials, this article aims to give a preliminary discussion regarding the author of this precious and unique text, and propose some introductory ideas to discuss with the readers. Although this unique copy of Yanyuan Gazetteer（Qianlong edition） is stored in the Taipei Palace Museum, and it is not easy for readers from the mainland to see it, those scholars in academic circles which research local gazetteer still know of its whereabouts. This is because information about this gazetteer is included in the gazetteer catalogue compiled by mainland seholars. In the last century, two catalogues of gazetteers from western regions have been published successively in the ma- inland, and they both included information about this unique copy. Although it is not easy for researchers and readers to access this gazetteer, we can still glean basic information from the cata- logues. However, after comparing the two catalogues, we find that some information contained in them is totally different, something which confuses the researchers and readers, and is inconvenient. In the ＂ appendix ＂ of the zhongguo difangzhi zonglu （ A Comprehensive Catalogue of Chinese Local Gazetteers） [ revised and enlarged edition ], Zhu Shijia included information about this gazetteer. It states that the ＂Yanyuan Gazetteer, is not divided into volumes; it was compiled by Yang Lizhong in the sixtieth year of the Qianlong period; it is a manuscript; and it was collected by Palace Museurn＂. The ＂Palace Museum＂ here refers to the original Beijing Palace Museum, but later, this gazetteer was collected in the Taipei Palace Museum. What we should note here is that it clearly states that the gazetteer was compiled in the sixtieth year of Qianlong period, and the compiler of the gazetteer was Yang Lizhong. However, information about this same gazetteer that is included in the zhongguo difangzhi lianhe mulu （Union Catalogue of Chinese Local Gazetteers） compiled by the Beijing Observatory differs significantly. This catalogue states that the ＂Yanyuan Gazetteer is not divided into volumes; it is an anonymous work from the Qing dynasty; that it is a manuscript from the Qianlong period of the Qing dynasty ; and Taiwan＂. Here ＂Taiwan＂, means that the collector or the collection unit of this book is in Taiwan. It is apparent that the information of the gazetteer in this catalogue differs from the information included in the former one. Neither the date of compilation, nor the compiler of the gazetteer is included. It only records that the gazetteer was ＂an anonymous work in the Qing dynasty＂. The publication of these two large catalogues of gazetteers has significantly influenced the research in gazet- teer circles in the mainland. And the different information regarding the Yanyuan Gazetter（ Qianlong edition） contained in the two catalogues also directly influences researchers as well as readers. Was the compiler of the Lizhong？ If not, who was Yanyuan Gazetteer Yang it？ In the research on Sichuan Gazetteers from the Qing dynasty, it is necessary discuss this issue. Hence, the author of this article, through a detailed exploration of the content of Yanyuan Gazetteer （Qianlong edition）, the related records in Sichuan Tongqing （Jiaqing edition） and Yanyuan Gazetteer （ Guangxu edition）, as well as the regulations and rules for compiling gazetteers during the Qing dynasty, proposes that ： 1. The compilation date of the Yanyuan Gazetteer （Qianlong edition） is the 48th or 49th year of the Qianlong period ; 2. Zeng Zhenghao, the Yanyuan magistrate of the time, was the main compiler of the gazetteer, and the writers were the officials in the county government; and 3. The unique copy collected in Taipei Palace Museum is not a hand -copied one, but a transcribed copy.