"Ben cong shu yi "Qing shi lu" wei he xin, jie he guan shu, nei dang, fang zhi, pu die, bai shi, bi ji xiao shuo deng, cai yong Zhongguo chuan tong shi xue de bian nian shi ti cai, yi shi wei jing, yi shi wei wei, jie he kao ju xue yan jiu fang fa, qu wei cun zhen, kao ding shi shi, qiu tong cun yi, bing jin xing bi yao de zhu shi, xiang xi zhu ming mei yi tiao Qing dai hai yang shi wen xian zi liao de chu chu, bian yu xiang guan yan jiu zhe ying yong he cha, Ben shu cong Shunzhi yuan nian Qing jun ru guan yi shi, xia qi Jiaqing ershiwu nian wei zhi, xiang xi sou ji Qingchao yu haiyang jing ji, zheng zhi, jun shi, wen hua, she hui yi ji haiyang zai hai deng xiang guan de nei rong, dui dang shi de haiyang li shi jin xing zhan shi."
『本丛书以《清实录》为核心, 结合官书、内档、方志、谱牒、稗史、笔记小说等, 采用中国传统史学的编年史体裁, 以时为经, 以事为纬, 结合考据学研究方法, 去伪存真, 考订史实, 求同存异, 并进行必要的注释, 详细注明每一条清代海洋史文献资料的出处, 便于相关研究者引用核查. 本书从顺治元年清军入关伊始, 下迄嘉庆二十五年为止, 详细搜辑清朝与海洋经济、政治、军事、文化、社会以及海洋灾害等相关的内容, 对当时的海洋历史进行展示.』