The Retrospect and Prospect of the Research on the Annals of Song and Yuan Literature

The annals of literature is a form of literary history.On the road of recording the literature in chronological order in more than 70 years,the annals of literature in Song and Yuan dynasties have made considerable achievements,e.g.The Annals of Literature in Yuan Dynasty,18-volume Chinese Annals of Literature(volume of Song,Liao,Jin;volume of Yuan).The retrospection of composing the annals of literature is bound to offer the reference for the study of the history of literature in the future.