明《漕运通志》点校本前言

On the Preface of The Water Transport Record of Ming Dynasty

《漕运通志》编纂于明嘉靖初年。《漕运通志》十卷,明杨宏撰。延瓯宁谢纯考古今沿革,作表六卷,又作略三卷,通观全书,立例严谨,分类科学。内容非常全面系统,记述了漕运这一重要经济活动所涉及的方方面面的内容,可以说,是当时的一部“漕运大全”。

The Water Transport Record was compiled by Yang Hong in ten volumes in the early year of Ming Dynasty, in which the examples are well given, categorization is scientifically made. The book has an overall and systematic description of every respect of water transport which involves important economic activities. It is known as A Complete Volume on Water Transport at that time.