Miscellaneous Notes of Liyuan describes the facts of the ruling and opposition parties in the Ming Dynasty in detail, and rarely plagiarizes old texts. Most of them are his own opinions on historical events, narrating anecdotes, talking about rhymes and saying words, which was called the first chronicle book of Ming Dynasty by his contemporary Wang Hao. Among them, the code system and stories of the Ming Dynasty are mostly not recorded in detail in the History of Ming Dynasty. Volume four is about the names of generals, including the names of princes and sons who should be given official positions. The names of company commanders and other unfamiliar officials are hung on both sides, and they cannot speak. Volume five records the career of Hongwu, Yongle and Chenghua dynasties, and volume nine records the establishment of governors and governors before Chenghua, which can correct the shortcomings of the historical official system. The most valuable information in the book also records handicraft production, people's feelings and customs in the middle of Ming Dynasty. For example, the fourteenth volume describes the investigation of five gold mines and the methods of extracting silver and copper, as well as the situation of Liu Tianzhi's blue-and-white porcelain and Longquan's raw material Shao powder, and the thirteenth volume describes the methods of papermaking in Quzhou, all of which are very specific and detailed. Volume 7 records the origin of common sayings such as "changing bags" and "the pain of learning from the scriptures": "There are women in Beijing who marry foreign wives. They adore the beautiful at first sight. And when you want to get married, put on an ugly old one, which is called' switching'. Some people come to stay at home and steal their masters to escape. This is called' taking trouble'. " Also remember the taboos in Wuzhong customs: boatmen are taboo to "live" and "turn", so they call chopsticks and canvas "rags"; Folk taboo "from", so called "pear" as "round fruit"; Taboo "scattered", so called "umbrella" as "vertical hat"; It is taboo to say "impatience", so it is called "Xie Zao" and "Xie Huan Xi", which is of certain value to study the changes of customs and words in Ming Dynasty. The popular versions of Garden Notes are: Mohai Golden Pot and Shoushan Pavilion series, among which Mohai Golden Pot is the most complete.
Today, there are: Notes on the Lost in Liyuan, Notes on Historical Materials in Yuan and Ming Dynasties by Zhonghua Book Company, 1985 edition, 1997 reprint; Notes of Liyuan Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House Notes of Ming and Qing Dynasties (2007).