Tinglan, whose courtesy name is Xiangzu and whose name is Qiuyuan, is from Penghu. At the age of thirteen, he entered the Pan River, whereupon he ate glutinous rice. In the twelfth year of Daoguang's reign in the Qing Dynasty, there was a famine in Penghu. Zhou Kai, the Yongdao of Xingquan, came to search for relief and wrote a "Song for Urgent Relief" to advance. In the autumn of the 15th year, after going to the province to take the exam, he crossed the Peng River from Xiamen and was blown away by the wind to Vietnam; in the early summer of the next year, he returned to Fujian from the mainland. As a result, three chapters of "Hainan Miscellaneous Works" were written to record his experiences. Later, he was recommended by his hometown and became a Jinshi, and this was the beginning of Penghu Kejia. He became the magistrate of Xiajiang County and served as the magistrate of Tongzhi. The "Adventures in Cangming" chapter of this book describes the scene of the ten-night adventure in Vietnam; the "Chronicles of the Wilderness" chapter is based on the diary's journey in Vietnam and the return trip; the "Vietnam Chronicles" chapter describes the historical events of Vietnam, its laws, clothing, customs and customs. At the end of the book, some of Cai's poems, biographies, and bibliographies of his works have been copied from the "Penghu Hall Chronicles" and published as "Appendices."
