朱元璋主導下在三百三十一天內編纂完竣的「元史」錯漏舛謬百出，出版後學人人撰著君以糾補訂正的很多，清初邵遠平的「元史類編」即其一。本書又名「續宏簡錄」；是為了接述其高祖史學專著「宏簡錄」而如此命名的。「類編」把「元史」紀、志、表、傳四體濃縮改造為紀、傳二體。紀分為天王、世紀二類（若干帝紀僅歸入「系屬」及「附見」二目下）；傳則分為十四類。紀、傳人物各分類歸屬相關類目下，因此本書名為「類編」。本文除對邵遠平及其高之生平事蹟略加考辨論述外，主要的目的在於研究「類編」一書的撰述原委、編纂體例及史學特點。本書之貢獻，亦多所注意。就閱覽所及，本文乃係對「元史類編」作深入研究的第一篇史學專著。

　　　　　Yuanshi Leibian, written by Shao Yuanping, was one of the numerous works aimed at revising and supplementing the Yuanshi, probably the worst of the twenty-four official dynasty histories. Leibian is composed of two parts, namely the annals and the biographies. The personalities treated in these parts are classified into different categories; hence the title of the work: Leibian (records classified) This paper aims at the study of the lives of Shao Yuanping and his ancestor Shao Jingbang, the latter being literati and historian of the MIng dynasty. The motives of the author, the characteristics as well as the stylistic rules and layout of the work are of course, as the title of this paper suggests, the main objectives of the paper.