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This book collects "Xian Kuaibian", poems, operas and scattered articles scattered here and there. Wu Jianren served as the chief writer of seven newspapers. His works during this period were very scattered, and it was extremely difficult to collect and proofread them. However, this book fills the gaps left by Wu Jianren in his early period to a certain extent. "Juanwaibian" is a collection of Wu Jianren's political essays, including "Protecting the People", "System", "Shuo Xing" and many other articles. He starts from the social system and believes that through top-down reforms, China can embark on the road to prosperity. The poems include eighty-four poems with thirty-seven titles in "The Deleted and Remaining Poems of Xianjuan" and other poems in "The Deleted and Remaining Poems of Xianjuan". The operas include three parts of "The Four Legends of Zeng Fang", which are not finished; and two parts of "Martyr Wu's Martyrdom", which are not finished.

The whole book is based on the protagonist's "narrow escape" experience, starting from his father's funeral to the end of his business failure. Through this character's encounters and knowledge over the past 20 years, it extensively reveals the dark reality of the late Qing Dynasty from around the Sino-French War in the tenth year of Guangxu (1884) to around the thirty-first year of Guangxu (1905), and depicts the crazy aggression of imperialism from the side. The work contains more than 200 "strange situations" and outlines a ghostly world filled with "snakes, rats", "jackals" and "ghosts". Among the novels of the late Qing Dynasty, they reflected a wide range of life, including not only the officialdom, but also shopping malls and foreign markets, as well as medicine, horoscopes, and the three religions and nine streams. They revealed the political situation, social fashion, moral outlook, and world conditions at the time, so they were labeled "social novels" when they were published.

The whole book is based on the protagonist's "narrow escape" experience, starting from his father's funeral to the end of his business failure. Through this character's encounters and knowledge over the past 20 years, it extensively reveals the dark reality of the late Qing Dynasty from around the Sino-French War in the tenth year of Guangxu (1884) to around the thirty-first year of Guangxu (1905), and depicts the crazy aggression of imperialism from the side. The work contains more than 200 "strange situations" and outlines a ghostly world filled with "snakes, rats", "jackals" and "ghosts". Among the novels of the late Qing Dynasty, they reflected a wide range of life, including not only the officialdom, but also shopping malls and foreign markets, as well as medicine, horoscopes, and the three religions and nine streams. They revealed the political situation, social fashion, moral outlook, and world conditions at the time, so they were labeled "social novels" when they were published.

This book is a full-length novel with an autobiographical flavor. It begins with the protagonist narrowly escaping death to attend the funeral of his father, and then follows his friend Wu Jizhi to dominate officialdom and shopping malls until he fails in business. He used diary form to record nearly 200 stories he had heard and witnessed in the past twenty years. The content was extensive, covering not only officialdom, but also shopping malls, foreign markets, and academic institutions. He thoroughly and clearly analyzed the intricate relationship between Chinese traditional officials and businessmen. It is a rare masterpiece that studies world affairs and culture.