摘要
關於中華姓氏文化、先秦姓氏制度，以及漢族以外之姓氏研究，近代不乏力作，但在姓氏書之學術性研究方面，僅有零星之文，目前有很大的研究空間。錢穆先生、徐復觀先生都曾提出姓氏研究的重要性，在於所反映的社會史及民族史，而姓氏研究所運用的材料，除金石碑誌、地理文獻、譜牒、史籍等，姓氏書亦為重要的史料。 本研究以先秦至清代之姓氏書為研究對象，藉由對作者生平事蹟、書名釋義、篇目、目錄之著錄、編次、成書原委、體例、特點、內容介紹、序跋與附錄、考訂、版本流傳、評論文字等方面的探討，以求全面並深入理解各歷史分期之姓氏書發展特點、姓氏書內部之發展脈絡，及此類文獻於歷史、政治、社會等層面的時代意義。 研究成果方面，先秦至南北朝之姓氏書在受氏之由的分類以及著錄體例上，奠定了基礎，並出現首部專為姓氏記載獨立一個單元的正史作品，除了影響後世史書體例，也興起後代對漢族以外民族的姓氏研究。唐至元代的發展特點有兩部分，一為編排體例的穩定，《元和姓纂》建立起依韻隸姓的方式，成為姓氏書編排的主流；二為五代門閥解體後，脫離政治作用，姓氏書開始有多元化的風貌，產生通俗性質、學術性質以及翰墨應酬之用等作品。明清時期的發展特點，明代在內容上特別關注希姓，著重人物傳記資料的記載；清代則湧起考證前代姓氏書之作、有體例嚴謹的官修專著、采用金石材料來考訂姓氏，並對前代姓氏書進行輯佚與系統整理。 透過以上之研究，可深入了解中國古代姓氏書在各層面的作用與文獻本身內在脈絡的關連性。
並列摘要
Despite the many proficient studies on Chinese surname culture, on the surname system in the Pre-Qin Era, and on surnames of ethnic groups other than the Han, academic research regarding literature on surnames are few; thus there remains great possibilities for further research. Scholars Ch’ien Mu and Xu Fuguan have both noted that the significance of studies on surnames lies in the fact that they reflect social and ethnic history. Among the materials employed by surname studies, such as bronze and stone engravings, stele inscriptions, geographical documents, genealogies, and histories, literature on surnames are equally essential to related research. This study explores literature on surnames from the Pre-Qin Era to the Qing Dynasty. By probing into the lives and biographies of the authors, and into the interpretations of book titles, chapter headings, notes on the tables of contents, the arrangement, details of how the books came about, the styles and characteristics, the contents, prefaces and postscripts, textual research, circulation history, and criticism, it is anticipated that a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the development of literature on surnames in each historical stage will be attained, and that the historical, political and social significance of such literature in its own time will also be touched upon. Research results are as follows: The foundation for the classification and bibliographic style of literature on surnames from the Pre-Qin Era to the Southern and Northern Dynasties were laid according to the origin of each surname; the chapter “Surnames of Officials” in the Book of Wei is the first independent unit focusing on recording surnames. Development of related literature from the Tang to Song Dynasty on the other hand displayed two features: first, the layout and styles were more consistent, as seen in Yuan He Xing Zuan (“The Yuanhe Book of Surnames and Genealogy”), thus establishing the trend of arranging of surnames by vowel; second, after the disintegration of the powerful families of the Five Dynasties, literature on surnames lost their political influence, acquiring diverse features as well as popular qualities, academic qualities and a role in the facilitating social engagements for the literati. As for the features of development during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, rare surnames were paid particular attention in the contents of related literature in the Ming Dynasty, stressing the importance of recording biographical data of personages; the Qing Dynasty saw a rise in textual research on works from preceding dynasties, such as the official editions of monographs known to be rigorous in style and layout, using bronze and stone inscriptions to analyze surnames; literature on surnames of preceding dynasties were systematically arranged and lost texts were recompiled from existing literature. The impact of literature on surnames in ancient China on different aspects and the connection between different threads of ideas within the texts themselves have both been explored in the research discussed above.