清代貴州地方志的修纂，一方面沿著制度化的理性方向發展，一方面個人私撰的風氣也日漸盛行，不僅外來的客籍人士主持編修了大量的地方志乘，而且本土學者也積極參與各地的修志活動，特別是少數民族志家學者以私家之力主纂省志，更是大、小傳統相互交融涵化的象徵性事件。而外來學者從多元一體文化的視域出發，也看到了邊地民族文化實存的意義和價值。在大、小傳統文化交融互動的催生力量下，清代中葉的貴州已湧現出一批可與中原名志媲美的優秀志乘。以後則由於經世學風的興起和西學東漸的影響，志書文本內容也明顯出現了現代性的發展趨向。

In compilations of local gazetteers for Guizhou 貴州 during the Qing dynasty we can see major and minor traditions influencing and transforming one another. On the one hand, compilations continued to become more and more institutionalized. On the other hand, though, an increasing number of compilations were being written by private individuals, with visitors from outside provinces participating in the compilation of a large number of local gazetteers and local scholars being actively involved in the preparation of similar records for certain areas of Guizhou. In particular, there were some scholars from local minorities who devoted all of their personal resources towards writing gazetteers for the province. For their part, scholars from outside the region, coming from a pluralistic, organic culture, were able to see the significance and value of minority cu1tures in borderregions. As a result of this inter­action between major and minor traditions, a number of local gazetteers for Guizhou had appeared by the middle of the Qing dynasty that were on par with any produced for the central plains area. Later, under the influence of practical scholarship and western learning, gazetteers for the area began to show distinctly modern developments.