Documentation: Knowledge with historical value and research value recorded in a certain carrier through certain methods and means, using a certain meaning expression and recording system. The so-called literature, wen, refers to written materials about regulations and systems, and xian, refers to people who are familiar with anecdotes. People usually understand literature as the sum of knowledge recorded in books, journals, and regulations. Documents are the most effective means of recording, accumulating, disseminating and inheriting knowledge. They are the most basic and main source of information in human social activities and the most basic means of exchanging and disseminating information.
Four elements that constitute a document:
1. Information content
2. Carrier materials
3. Information symbols
4. Recording method
Extended information:
For thousands of years, our ancestors have created rich and splendid cultural achievements of all kinds, mainly recorded in the vast sea Among the ancient books and classics, these are classical documents. Among them, the books and materials directly related to a certain subject are the documents of that subject.
The basic task of classical philology is to inherit the methods, experiences and achievements of ancient colloquialists, and to use the perspectives and methods of historical materialism and dialectical materialism to discover, collect, organize and study these documents. , eliminate the false and retain the true, examine the source, make it understood, mastered and utilized by professional workers in various disciplines and at all levels, and create a new scientific culture on this basis, thereby making contributions to all mankind.