闵宗殿先生著《中国农史系年要录》(科技编)(以下简称《要录》),已由农业出版社梓行问世,为农史界奉献了一部前所未有的力作佳构。从观闵著,有诸多足值称述之外,然荦荦大端者有三:其一,体载独具匠心。《要录》一改先验的编排定式,而创造了一种全新的体载,有效地克服了惯用的“横排竖写”和“竖排横写”所不可避免的结构缺陷,成功地把二者各自的优势兼容并蓄起来。新法最大特点是纵横都可互索并用,“即先按朝代分段,每段中再按技术分类,每一类再按年代的先后顺序编排。这样既在总体上照顾了历史发展的顺序,在个体上又照顾了每类技术自身发展的特点。从而弥补了前二种编法的不足。”(《要 With the publication of “Catalog of Chinese Agricultural History” (Science and Technology) (hereinafter referred to as “Record”), Mr. Min Zongdian has been published by the Agricultural Publishing House and presented an unprecedented masterpiece of architecture. From the Min view, there are many footnote outside, but there are three big players: First, the body with originality. “Recorded” a transcendental arrangement of a change, and to create a new body, effectively overcome the usual “horizontal vertical writing” and “horizontal vertical writing” the inevitable structural defects, successfully The two are compatible with each other’s advantages. The most important feature of the new law is that both vertical and horizontal can be used in combination with each other, “that is, according to the dynastic subdivision first, according to the technical classification of each paragraph, each type is arranged according to the chronological order of the chronological order so as to take care of the order of historical development in general, On the individual level, it takes care of the development of each type of technology and thus makes up for the shortcomings of the first two kinds of coding. ”