Annals of Yin Country which made by Chen Xunzheng and Ma Yamin is famous for its enormous scale, new theme and scientific editing ways, taking 18 years to be published. During the anti-Japanese war peri-od, for maintaining precious references, the organization of editing Annals of Yin Country decided to printing episode 'Biography' at first. Other colleagues had written to Ma Yamin nine letters to transfer specific processes and important details of making episode 'Biography'. Revealing the truth can achieve two purposes that recalling historical facts and researching publishing in the Republic of China (1912-1949).%民国《鄞县通志》以规模宏大、体例新颖、编纂科学而著称,出版时间历十八年之久。其最重要的编纂者为陈训正与马涯民。抗战时期,为了保存文献,鄞县通志馆决定将陈训正纂写的《文献志》中“人物”一编临时抽印。天一阁藏有时人致马涯民信札九通,披露了《人物编》编印的详细过程与重要细节,不仅能借此钩沉这一段史实,而且为研究民国期间大型出版物编印提供丰富的史料。
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