An extremely rich collection of reports, correspondence, proclamations, judicial sentences, and more, concerning Tiantai county (Zhejiang) during the period 1719-21 and covering every aspect of local administration, by an activist magistrate who worked hard at reforming government and improving social customs in the wake of a famine. The work was compiled at the demand of local notables, a number of whom had a hand in it (their names appear at the head of the table of contents), Fei Hanzhao and a certain Han Yufeng 韓于豐 being chief compilers. J. 1-2 are devoted to reports to superiors (詳文, 54 entries) and discuss all the aspects of the author’s efforts to reorganize and rehabilitate the county; j. 3 contains sample judicial decisions (讞語, 58 entries), most of them in civil cases and introduced by the words kande 看得 or shende 審得 (Dai’s ability to solve affairs rapidly appears to have greatly contributed to his reputation); j. 4-7 (j. 4-5 in Chengde tang ed.) contain proclamations (告示, 89 entries [47 in Chengde tang ed.]) concerning every aspect of local administrative and social life, with emphasis on reforming customs; j. 8 (j. 6 in Chengde tang ed.) contains formal letters addressed to superiors or colleagues on various occasions (啟, 14 entries); j. 9 (j. 7 in Chengde tang ed.) features miscellaneous texts, including document drafts, stele inscriptions, statements, petitions, and the like (15 or 14 entries); j. 10 (j. 8 in Chengde tang ed.) collects responses to petitions (呈批, 65 entries [48 entries in Chengde tang ed.]). Each juan has a table of contents listing the documents in it (in the Chengde tang, Shishu tang [Columbia copy], and undated movable-type eds. the table of contents for the entire work is at the beginning).