《湖南档案》1992年第5期上发表了毛惕凡同志的《关于档案的本质属性和档案定义关系的探讨》一文(以下简称“毛文”),作者在文中对档案界提出的有关档案本质属性的一些论点进行了简要分析,认为档案的本质属性应该是“凭证性作用”,据此他给档案所下的定义为:“档案是人们在社会活动中形成的、保存起来以备查考的、具有凭证性作用的各种材料。”长期以来,档案定义一直是档案界研究的热点问题之一,明确档案的本质属性又是给档案下定义的一个前提,因此毛文可以算是百花齐放的档案 “Hunan Archives” published in the fifth issue of 1992 Comrade Mao Tien-fan’s “On the nature of the file and the definition of the relationship between the definition of the file” (hereinafter referred to as “Mao Wen”), the author of the file filed in the nature of the file attributes Some of the arguments were briefly analyzed, that the essential nature of the file should be “evidence-based role”, according to which he defines the file as follows: “The file is formed in the social activities of people, preserved for future reference, A variety of materials with a valence role. ”For a long time, the definition of the file has always been one of the hot issues in the field of archival studies. It is also a precondition for defining the essential attributes of a file so that it can be a flourishing file