There are still some problems with the diagnostic criteria for Andisols in the "Chinese Soil Taxonomy (3rd edition, CST)", which call for further revision. To this end, evolution courses of the descriptions, diagnostic criteria, classification retrieval, and type division of Andisols in the "World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB, 1998-2014 edition)", the "Keys To Soil Taxonomy (KST, 3th~12th edition, 1987-2012)" and the "Chinese Soil Taxonomy (1st scheme ~3rd edition, 1991-2001)" were collated and compared in this paper. On such a basis, amendments were proposed to revise the diagnostic criteria, classification and retrieval of Andicols in CST.