In view of this problem, Dr. Mao Han-kuang of Academia Sinica three years ago proposed a plan for the academy's Institute of History and Philology and its Computing Center to "computerize historical records," enabling computers to manipulate historical information so as to facilitate research.
三年前，中央研究院毛漢光教授有鑒於加速整理史料的重要性，提出一項由中研院歷史語言研究所與計算中心合作的「史籍自動化」計畫，用電腦處理一些重要史料，為研究工作提供一條方便之路。