安徽大学历史系教授林衍经先生的《方志编纂系论》近由安徽大学出版社出版,21万字。是著不以“编纂学”命名,而以“编纂系论”为题,其用意是出于总结实践、指导实践的愿望。这一写作愿望和目的,著者在“前言”中披露说:“力求理论与实践紧密结合,使 Professor Lin Yanjing, a professor of history at Anhui University, published a book entitled “Compilation of Local Records” published by Anhui University Press, with 210,000 words. It is not meant to be named after “compilation”, but is based on the theory of “compilation of department”, whose purpose is to give a summary of practice and the desire to guide practice. This writing aspiration and purpose, the author disclosed in the “Preface”: "strive to combine theory with practice so that