叶盛,生活在明正统至成化年间,曾担任过两广、宣府巡抚和吏部左侍郎。他是一个爱书人,任官职数十年,没有一天不读书。每到一地,常有写书抄书的随从前往。经过几十年的积累,成为江南赫赫有名的藏书家,并著有《菉竹堂书目》六卷。《水东日记》四十卷,是他的笔记汇集。由于他出生于吴淞江东岸的昆山石浦(今属千灯镇),故以淞水之东作为书名。叶盛曾监督宣府粮饷,管军务,悉政事,日记中有许多关于军政粮储、墩台设备、赋役官制、边陲地理、置备设防等等的记述,也收录了一些宋、元、明人诗文奏议,具有较高的史料价值。尤其 Ye Sheng, living in the Ming orthodox to Chenghua years, served as Guangdong and Guangxi, Xuanfu governor and the left assistant minister. He is a lover of books, served as official for decades, not one day without reading. Everywhere, there is always a copy of the book to go to copy. After several decades of accumulation, became well-known in southern Jiangxi bibliophile, and author of “bibcock” six volumes. “Shuidong Diary” forty volumes, is his collection of notes. Because he was born in the east bank of Wusong River, Kunshan Shipu (now a thousand lights town), so to the east of Songshui as the title. Ye Sheng oversaw the declaration of the government of the municipality on food, military affairs, government affairs and diaries. There are many accounts of military grain storage, piers and equipment, administration of taxes, border geography, provision of fortification, etc., and also include some records of Song, Yuan and Ming Poetry is played, with high historical value. especially