丁贻平、林崇诚两位先生新著《川盐与川锭》即将付梓,特发来书稿请我一阅,并嘱为之作序,其意殷殷,故虽我于此题目缺少研究,更于盐政、盐税少有接触,亦勉力为之。初读《川盐与川锭》书稿,不禁使我错愕,与我的预计不同,此书的重点竟然是川盐,而不是川锭,两位多年致力于川锭的作者竟偏离了以往熟悉的轨道,搞起了盐政盐税史!而且发现他们已对川盐历史、相关典籍相当熟悉,有了深入的探索。通观全书,书中对清代川盐前期、中期、后期和民国前期、后期的情况,以及川盐济黔、济滇、济楚,清代川 Ding Yiping, Lin Chongcheng The two gentlemen new book “Sichuan Salt and Sichuan ingot” is about to pay off, I sent a manuscript to me a special issue, and ordered to be prefaced, its purpose earnest, so I lack of research on this subject, but also in the salt Politics, salt tax few contacts, but also managed to do it. The first reading of “Sichuan Salt and Sichuan ingot” manuscript, can not help but amaze me, and my prediction is different, the book turned out to be rather salt, instead of ingot, two years devoted to ingot author deviated from the familiar Of the salt politics tax history! And found that they have quite familiar with the history of Sichuan salt, related books, with in-depth exploration. Throughout the book, the book on the Qing Dynasty before the Sichuan salt, middle and later period and the early Republic of China, the late period of the situation, as well as Sichuan salt Ji, Ji Dian, Jichu, Qing Dynasty Sichuan