Administrative papers published to illustrate the author’s zeal as acting magistrate of Lincheng 臨城 (Zhili), from 1915 onwards. The papers were selected by his private secretary. Categories include internal affairs, education, economic matters, finances, and judicial affairs. The major topics include preparation for local self-government, administration of local police, notices ordering local people to cut their queues, commencement speeches delivered at the local primary school and the teachers’ training school, new rules for litigation, local finances, and judicial and administrative decisions. More precisely, this last part contains brief judicial replies (司法批牘)—what we would call summary judgments—concerning 72 criminal and 71 civil cases; in addition, there are 35 elaborate judgments (司法判牘), also concerning civil and criminal cases, followed by 54 administrative replies 行政批牘.