Administrative advice by the author based on his experiences as magistrate of Mengyin 蒙陰 (present-day Tai’an 泰安, Shandong). He writes in his pref. that the moral education he had received, though valuable, did not prepare him for the practical challenges faced in Mengyin, a region of few natural resources, many social problems, and much poverty. (The time and place are close to those of Fuhui quanshu [q.v.].) His stated purpose is to help other officials succeed in similarly difficult situations. Each of the two chapters has a table of contents. In j. 1, a series of reflections on the moral and administrative responsibilities of magistrates is followed by several dozen sample documents dealing with sundry administrative topics in the form of official reports to superiors (詳文), official dispatches (牒文), and public proclamations (告示). J. 2 is composed entirely of reports to superiors, public proclamations, and reports of judicial investigations (審語). All documents are concerned with either fiscal or judicial matters, including land management, census, natural disasters, forestry, care of the poor, litigation, and the prosecution and punishment of crime.