方志撰写序言，始于唐宋，以后成为方志独立的组成部分和特殊体裁。古代学者和方志专家们往往都把自己在修志实践中的经验和体会，或者对方志编纂的认识，阐发于方志的序言中，使古代方志序言展示了历代方志专家们的编纂思想，同时也积累了丰富的方志理论资料，成为方志理论宝 Fangzhi wrote a preface, beginning in the Tang and Song dynasties, later became an independent part of the Chronicles and special genres. Ancient scholars and historians always put their experience and experience in the practice of compiling records or elaborating the compilation of local records in the preface of local chronicle so that the preface of ancient local records show the compilation ideas of ancient chronicles and also accumulate A wealth of local theory data, as the theory of the theory of treasure