?按粵疏稿?作者田生金考

自?按粵疏稿?(包括?柱下芻言?)被學者從圖書館故紙堆中翻出來後，受到不少研究廣東地方史、澳門史、中外交通史，甚至明史專家所關注。但是，有關其作者田生金的資料，却一直是一個空白。有猜測其為山東泰和人者，有以為即田鐸者；至於?按粵疏稿?一書的版本情況、刊刻時間等，因資料匱乏，亦無深入討論。文章廣泛搜羅和爬梳相關史料，力求從零散殘存之蠹葉片羽中，勾稽出田氏的生平大略。

A Study on Author of Petitions to the Throne by Governor of Guangdong Province Tian Shengjin

Since Petitions to the Throne by Governor of Guangdong Province ( including A Word of Censor) was looked up by scholars from library’ s compost, many experts whom research local history of Guangdong, history of Macao, oversea transporta￣tion history, even history of Ming Dynasty have been paid close attention to these papers. But information about the author Tian Shengjin are missing. Someone surmised that the author was from Taihe, Shandong, and someone guessed the author was from Tianduo. The version information and publishing time of Petitions to the Throne by Governor of Guangdong Province haven’ t been discussed deeply since lack of information. This paper extensively searches the related historical materials, trying to delin￣eate the life of Tian from the scattered remaining data.