以常熟作为中国农业悠久历史的缩影，从社会政局、资源利用、水利建设、农业技术等方面分析论述了常热３０００年来农业持续发展的原因，从这一典型，总结出中国农业持续性的历史经验．以期对当前“待续农业与农村发展”课题的研究和实施有所启迪。 Taking Changshu as a microcosm of the long history of agriculture in China, this paper analyzes the reasons for the sustainable development of agriculture in the past 3000 years from the aspects of social and political situation, resource utilization, water conservancy construction and agricultural technology. From this typical example, it summarizes the history of China’s agricultural sustainability experience. With a view to the current “to be continued agriculture and rural development,” the research and implementation of enlightenment.