"Jade Mirror Han Ming Lu" tells the story of Lin Yu, an archaeological team member who accidentally traveled to the fifteenth year of Wanli during the excavation of Dingling in 1956 and became a scholar in Kuaiji, Zhejiang. He relied on his notes transcribing historical materials such as "Records of Ming Shenzong" to deal with the imperial examination and officialdom turmoil. From the controversy over historical materials when the Hanlin Academy was compiling history to the family mystery when tracing the origins of Guide Mansion, he struggled in the torrent of history. The story closely follows the true context of the Wanli Dynasty, showing the officialdom, people's livelihood and historical secrets of the Ming Dynasty from Lin Yu's perspective. Between fiction and historical facts, it unfolds a picture of late Ming society.
