戰後臺灣地區縣（市）志〈水利篇〉纂修研究－以桃園縣三部官修縣志為例

臺灣經濟與水利發展息息相關，爬梳二次大戰戰後臺灣七十部縣（市）志，僅桃園縣的三部官修縣志：《桃園縣志》、重修《桃園縣志》及《新修桃園縣志》，始終一直以〈經濟志．水利篇〉，進行有關水利的纂修，且從不間斷。將清領時期的「陴塘」、日治時期的「桃園大圳」、戰後的「石門水庫」並存於桃園臺地。因為水利不僅改變生活環境，也可呈現桃園縣經濟的古今遞嬗，更為人與水互動歷程留下見證。析釐三部《桃園縣志》〈水利篇〉之纂修，實具有「纂修手法日益進步」、「突顯陴塘文化資產」、「反映當代水利樣貌」、「探究農田水利組織」、「提供經濟轉型史料」五大特色與價值，是目前探究臺灣北部農田水利史，最值得參考的文獻。其間雖有疏漏，但仍瑕不掩瑜。惟未來桃園官方再修縣志時，若能增補田野調查，訪問資深水利工作從業人員，以做為「活文獻」，再覆按記錄資料之正誤，裨能提供真正具有參考之資。

關鍵字

方志；縣志纂修；桃園縣志；經濟志；水利篇

並列摘要

The economy in Taiwan is closely related to water conservation development. When sorting out seventy county(city) gazetteers in Taiwan post WWII, there are only three volumes of officially revised Taoyuan County Gazetteer-”Taoyuan County Gazetteer”, Revised ”Taoyuan County Gazetteer”, and ”Newly Revised Taoyuan County Gazetteer” found have been proceeding with the revision of water conservation consistently, which have also retained ”Pi-Tong” (man-made ponds) from colonial period in Qing Dynasty, ”Taoyuan Da Zun” (irrigation canals) from Japanese colonial period, and post war ”Shihmen Reservoir” on Taoyuan mesa. Water conservation not only has changed the living environment, but has also displayed proofs the Taoyuan economy interchanges as historical records of human and water interaction. There are five characteristics and values firmly contained in analyzing the three volumes of revision of 'Water Conservation' in ”Taoyuan County Gazetteer”, they are 'advancing revision manners', 'revealing Pi-Tong culture values', 'highlighting contemporary water conservation images', 'investigating farmland water conservation organizations', and 'offering historical records of economical transformation', which are the worthiest reference documents to investigate the water conservation history of northern Taiwan farmlands nowadays. Although there are still some omissions, but the defects do not outweigh the merits. However, if field investigation can be supplied in future official gazetteer revising in Taiwan and to interview senior in-service water conservation practitioners as 'living documents' to transcribe errors of the recorded data, this will surely benefit a lot in offering authentic references.