This book gives a glimpse into the social life of the mid-Qing Dynasty. The author's writing style is delicate and depicts the personalities of different characters, which are lifelike and ready to be described.
"Hearsays" include narrating anecdotes, some describing real life events, some recording stories about foxes, ghosts and ghosts, and some writing about folk customs, etc. The stories written in the book are mainly based on market rumors at that time, describing all kinds of deplorable conditions in official governance, folk customs and human relations. Most of them involve murder, rape, murder and other social deformities. Many novels expose and criticize the dark governance of officials and official corruption, exposing the officials' ignorance, greed, lewdness, bending the law for personal gain, cruelty and cruelty, and shirk-passing.
