This paper is case of Tongcheng county Hubei province, basing on the data of coming from every fanner and agricultural yearbooks.We have studied the marginalization course of two kinds of arable land.

• 本文依托湖北省通城县的实地调查资料结合统计资料，研究了通城县的两种代表性农地-水田和旱地的边际化进程。