The text was collected in Shanxi (before 1531) by a certain Liu Zi 劉子, who kept it several years before allowing its publication. It is attributed to Wu Zun 吳遵 (the author of Chushi lu, q.v.) in an entry of Baqian juan lou shumu 八千卷樓書目, but this seems inconsistent with the date just mentioned. The work features a set of very concrete and detailed instructions, exposed in clear language, for new magistrates. The rather short entries follow the conventional order starting with the assumption of a new post. According to the pref., the work was in much demand even before it was printed. In fact it is composed of two different texts, similar in form and content, following each other: Tili weizheng shiqing 體立為政事情 (2a-18a), comprising 89 entries, and Mumin beiyong (q.v.) (18a-39a), organized under nine rubrics. In the ed. in 2 j., each of the two sections corresponds to one juan, but there is no additional material.