竹枝詞來自於民間，傳唱於民間，有其「志土風而詳習尚」之特色。日用類書為因應庶民的實用所需，其收錄的資料能確切的反映當時的社會與文化現況。二者皆發展於民間，在反映日常生活的實際樣貌上，有異曲同工之用。今在為數不少日用類書的〈農桑門〉中，皆可發現〈竹枝詞〉的蹤影。本文擬以明代中晚期日用類書〈農桑門〉中收錄的農耕竹枝詞為範疇，配合當時的農書資料，對其反映該時代吳中地區農耕的實際情況，作初步的考探。由日用類書農桑門中竹枝詞探源、農耕竹枝詞流傳之概況、竹枝詞中所反映的農事現況、竹枝詞中所反映的農器使用情況等項依序探討，其內容主要分為兩部分：首先，在校勘的初步成果下，由版本的比較中粗略的釐析出兩種傳播系統。其次在內容上發現，日用類書中的竹枝詞與相關農書資料所載的內容極為切合，由三月浸種、耕田、芒種種蒔，直至霜降收割、入倉，完整的紀錄了當時的整個農耕歷程，其農具的使用情況亦與當時農書之記載相符，充份的反映了當時吳中地區農事操作的實際情況，對於文化史、俗文學、農學與文獻學之研究，都具有極重要的特殊價值。

Zhuzhici Poetry is originated from the folk and circulating among people. Therefore, people with lofty ideals are the characteristic of learning to customs and fashion. Daily Book, written to meet practical needs of the commoners, reflects the social and cultural reality. The two differ in approach but yet present similar results; both develop and complete among people and thus reflect the actual appearance of daily life. A large number of Zhuzhici Poetry can be found in Nongsang class, the farming category of Daily Book. Combing agricultural books, this article intends to focus on Zhuzhici Poetry of Nongsang class of middle and late Ming, collected in Daily Book, to probe further the early farming of Wu area. The proposed research thus has the value of cultural history, folk literature, agronomy and philology.