《石窟一徵》是一部完成于咸丰年间的私修志书,主要记述清代广东嘉应州镇平县(今梅州市蕉岭县)历史沿革、民众生计、社会风俗、方言等方面的内容。其中以社会日常生活方面的内容居多,因而具有较高的史学价值,受到时人的好评。随着晚清民国以来客家意识在广东嘉应地区的兴起以及客家研究的开展,该著开始被认为是客家文化研究的重要文本,特别是书中所记述的文化事象,常常被研究者视为独具特色的客家文化,但笔者以为这是以后起之观念和价值去解读该著,这一做法需要谨慎。 “Grottoes a sign” is a personal accomplishment book completed in the Xianfeng years, mainly describes the Qing Dynasty Guangdong Jiaying Zhouping County (now Meizhou City Jiaoling County) historical evolution, people’s livelihood, social customs, dialects and other aspects . Among them, most of the contents of daily life of society, which has a high historical value, by people’s praise. With the rise of Hakka consciousness in Jiayin area in Guangdong since the late Qing Dynasty and the development of Hakka research, it began to be considered as an important text of Hakka culture research. In particular, the cultural phenomenon described in the book was often considered by researchers Unique Hakka culture, but I think this is the concept and value from the future to interpret the book, this approach requires caution.