The content of "Qianlu Essays" can be divided into three categories: military and political figures, literati and celebrities, and local customs. When the author was in Peiping, it was just after the September 18th Incident. The Japanese were advancing step by step, and the situation in the north was turbulent. Anti-Japanese armed forces, warlords, pro-Japanese factions, party and state officials, Japanese spy ronin, etc., Such as various actors, appeared one after another. The author is most familiar with figures in the military and political circles. He has friends among the top leaders of the Northwest Army, the 29th Army and the Hebei-Cha Government Affairs Committee, and he has the most anecdotes recorded. As a Japanese, the author's comments on the anti-Japanese generals and the Great Wall War of Resistance at that time are particularly noteworthy. He made a lot of bad comments about many anti-Japanese generals who had gained a false reputation at that time. There were also criticisms of the childish defense against Japan at that time, such as the myth of the Broadsword Team, but there were many praises for truly outstanding figures, such as Zhang Zizhong and Zhao Dengyu. At that time, there were many Japanese dignitaries and ronin warriors actively promoting aggression in China, and the author's account is relatively objective. The author's travel records reveal the humanities and social features of mainland China in the 1930s, such as the Sichuan Paoge organization and the Sichuan Airlines sailors' failure to save drowning people, etc. These are rare materials.
