Zhang Cen, a historian of the Western Jin Dynasty, highly praised Liu Miao's contribution to the revival of the Han Dynasty, but also criticized his bad habits of alcoholism, rigidity and partiality. This book begins with the crisis in Qiao County in the sixth year of Zhongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It tells the story of Liu Miao putting away his stubbornness, gathering talents, resisting powerful enemies in troubled times, adhering to his original intention of supporting the Han Dynasty amidst the intertwining of merits and demerits, and writing a legend.
