一部贯通古今的志书,是一个地域人类活动的总体史。若志书编纂者没有讲好当地故事的能力和勇气,要编好这样一部志书是不可能的。《义乌市志》编纂伊始,义乌方志人在《义乌方志》2001年创刊号上,由义乌市市长、市志编纂委员会主任向全社会阐述了义乌地方志工作的 An ancient and modern Zhishi, is a regional human activities in the overall history. It is impossible to write such a gazetteer if the gazetteer does not have the ability and courage to speak well about the local story. At the beginning of the compilation of “Yiwu City Zhi”, on the first issue of “Yiwu Local Records” in 2001, Yiwu Fangzhi people explained the work of Yiwu local chronicles to the whole society by the mayor of Yiwu and director of the compilation committee of Chihi