Directives handed down by Yin Huiyi during his governorship of Henan (1737-39). According to his pref., Yin’s disciple (門人) Zhang Shouzhang retrieved and published Yin’s memorials (奏議) and administrative writings (lit., his “instructions,” tiaojiao) with the help of Yin’s son Jiaquan 嘉銓 shortly after Yin’s death. While the memorials were relatively complete and were published in 10 juan as Jianyu zouyi 健餘奏議 (copy at Congress), Yin Jiaquan confessed to having been somewhat neglectful in collecting the numerous “instructions” handed down by his father during his tenure in Henan. The rather short collection that resulted excludes, according to Zhang Shouzhang, the “ordinary directives whose composition is left to the care of private secretaries.” The pref. stresses Yin Huiyi’s orthodox views regarding customs and the importance of laws to “transform” the people, and insists on the usefulness of a text that relies on actual experience. The 4 chapters are composed of admonitions and directives to subordinate officials and the population. J. 1 is concerned primarily with the moral and administrative responsibilities of provincial officials, like the ethical standards to be maintained, management of yamen underlings, control of military matters, and so on. The texts in j. 2 deal with a system called fenshe guiquan 分社規勸 (“Correct and admonish within each community”), partly inspired by Lü Kun’s xiangyue directives (see under Shizheng lu), whereby Yin attempted to control and improve the behavior and ethics of local students. J. 3 concerns prohibitions on gambling, fighting, propagating evil rumors, and so on, as well as encouragement to good behavior, like thrift or good farming practices. J. 4 concentrates on grain storage, famine relief, disaster management, etc. The work is representative of the efforts of the more activist among high Qing provincial officials to closely monitor public welfare and the improvement of customs at local level.