On October 9th, a work report meeting for the second phase of the first compilation of the "Guangdong Qiaopi Document Series (Chaoshan Volume)" was held at Shantou University. The compilation team is reorganizing about 200,000 Chaoshan Qiaopi documents—currently scattered across various institutions and private collectors—by shifting from "storage by individual piece" to "storage by family," thereby grouping letters from the same family together. The series is planned to be published in 40 volumes within five years, with the first compilation scheduled for release before the end of 2026, and the second and third compilations to be rolled out successively between 2027 and 2028.Qiaopi refers to a special type of historical document that combines family letters and remittance receipts sent back to their homeland by overseas Chinese in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Among the Qiaopi archives included in UNESCO's Memory of the World Register, Chaoshan Qiaopi account for about 60%. Currently, there are about 200,000 Qiaopi documents held in public and private collections in Shantou, including 93,000 in the Shantou City Archives and about 40,000 in the Shantou University Library.

The "Guangdong Qiaopi Document Series" is a major cultural project for Guangdong's 15th Five-Year Plan period. Jointly launched by the Guangdong People's Publishing House and the Lingnan Ancient Books Publishing House, it is divided into four major volumes: Chaoshan, Jiangmen Wuyi, Meizhou and Guangfu. The Chaoshan volume adopts the principle of "family-based categorization and chronological arrangement." Relying on the Qiaopi database of Shantou University and the general catalog of Qiaopi in the Shantou City Archives, the team filters and groups documents from more than 170,000 metadata entries. Each Qiaopi letter undergoes chronological authentication, is arranged by year and is accompanied by a brief commentary.

The Chaoshan volume has established an academic committee chaired by Professor Chen Chunsheng, with Professor Zhang Guoxiong and Professor Zhang Xiaoxin serving as general editors-in-chief. Chen Jingxi, editor-in-chief of the Chaoshan volume, stated that compiling the series will provide primary source materials for researching the history of overseas Chinese and the society and culture of their hometowns, while also promoting the preservation and revitalization of Qiaopi and nurturing research talent.

20万件潮汕侨批将按家族“归户”整理出版

10月9日，《广东侨批文献大系（潮汕卷）》第一辑第二期工作报告会在汕头大学举行。编纂团队正将散落在不同机构、藏家手中的约20万件潮汕侨批从“按件存”转为“按家族存”，把同一家族信件“归户”整合。该丛书计划五年内出版40册，2026年底前推出第一辑，2027年至2028年陆续推出第二、三辑。

侨批是近代海外侨胞寄回故土、家书与汇款凭证合一的特殊文献。在入选联合国《世界记忆名录》的侨批档案中，潮汕侨批占比约六成。目前汕头公私庋藏侨批约20万件，其中汕头市档案馆藏9.3万件，汕头大学图书馆藏约4万件。

《广东侨批文献大系》是广东省“十五五”重大文化工程，由广东人民出版社、岭南古籍出版社联合推出，分潮汕、江门五邑、梅州、广府四大分卷。潮汕卷采用“归户原则+编年体例”，依托汕头大学侨批数据库、汕头市档案馆侨批总目录，从17万多条元数据中筛选归集，逐封做时间鉴定、按年编排，每封侨批配套简短点评。

潮汕卷设以陈春声教授为主任委员的学术委员会，由张国雄教授、张小欣教授担任总主编。潮汕卷主编陈景熙表示，编纂丛书为华侨史、侨乡社会文化研究提供一手文献，并推动侨批保育活化、培育研究人才。

文、图｜记者 赵映光 通讯员 汕宣
译｜陈冠臻
审｜盛嘉