Early Bugis written sources consist largely of genealogies. Assuming no significant loss of other genres, it is clear that genealogies were central to Bugis historical record keeping. The paper sets out to explain why genealogies were first written down, what purpose they served, and why they were repeatedly added to and copied. It argues that written genealogies had no function as practical documents. Instead, they owed their existence directly to the development of writing around 1400 CE, and to the status that their possession conferred on their owners. The article sets out what historians can learn from genealogies of South Sulawesi prior to the arrival of the first Western visitors. It draws attention to a threegeneration myth of origin similar to that found in the Malay Hikayat Banjar, and argues that this myth was central to agricultural fertility, and the right

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家庭事务：武吉士谱系及其对南洋法学的贡献

早期的武吉士书面资料主要由家谱组成。假定其他类型没有重大损失，显然家谱对于武吉士历史记录的保存至关重要。该论文着手解释为什么首先要写下家谱，家谱的目的以及为什么要反复添加和复制家谱。它认为书面家谱没有实用文件的功能。相反，他们的存在直接归因于公元1400年左右写作的发展，以及他们所拥有的赋予所有者的地位。这篇文章阐述了历史学家在第一批西方游客到来之前可以从南苏拉威西族谱学到的东西。它引起人们注意与马来人Hikayat Banjar相似的第三代起源神话，