刘梅先,目录学家,擅长旧诗词。本书根据刘梅先生前自己编定的诗词集《扬州杂咏》、《阮文达公遗事杂咏》、《息庐诗存前集》、《息庐诗存近稿》油印稿进行整理。其中《扬州杂咏》是一部不可多得的乡邦文献,专咏扬州各地名胜、文物、风俗、乡贤,内容通俗易懂,为首次整理出版;《阮文达公遗事杂咏》一稿相当于一部阮元评传,其治学、为政、交游诸方面都有涉猎,曾在本社出版的《扬州文化研究论丛》第四辑上整理发表;《患庐 Liu Mei first, directory experts, good old poetry. This book according to Liu Mei’s own self-compiled poetry anthology “Yangzhou Miscellaneous Odes”, “Nguyen Van Da Gong miscellaneous chant”, “Poetry before the collection of poetry”, “Xi Lu poetry deposit draft” finishing. Among them, “Yangzhou Miscellaneous Odes” is a rare rural literature, dedicated to all places of Yangzhou attractions, artifacts, customs, township Yin, content easy to understand, for the first time finishing publishing; In a Ruan Yuan Ping Chuan, its scholarship, politics, all aspects of tourism are covered, has published in the “Yangzhou Cultural Studies” fourth series finishing published;