匯聚知識，傳播文化（2020）

Gathering Knowledge and Spreading Culture(2020)

"本館典藏臺灣古契書等文獻資料，時間多為清末時期，少部分為民初及日治時期，種類包括有墾契、租稅契、財產分配分管契、貸借契及人事契等，典藏規模約有2,300餘件。2020年5月間採購「臺灣四湖古書契」入藏，時間自清乾隆至日本大正年間，內容為臺灣四湖地區（今苗栗縣西湖鄉四湖社區）相關書契計45件，可充實館藏之不足，更加豐富古文書之內容。"

"Most of Taiwan’s historical contractual documents collected by the NCL date from the late Qing Dynasty and some of them from the early years of the Republic of China as well as from the period of the Japanese colonial rule. The approximately 2,300 documents can be divided into contracts and licenses of land cultivation, land lease and taxation records, agreements of inheritance distribution, loan contracts, agreements to sell one’s family members as servants/laborers or to approve/terminate an arranged betrothment, etc. In May 2020, the NCL further purchased 45 documents dating from the period between Emperor Qianlong’s reign in the 18th century and Japanese Emperor Taishō’s reign in the early 20th century. These documents, collectively labeled now as“Historical Documents from the Sihu Area, Taiwan”, have their origins in today’s Xihu Township, Miaoli County and are a very valuable addition to the NCL’s previous collection of Taiwan’s historical documents."