General Examination of Literature, edited by Ma Duanlin, 348 volumes. It is divided into 24 subjects (examination): land tax, coins, hukou, service, requisition, market, land tax, national use, election, school, official, suburban community, ancestral temple, imperial ceremony, music, soldiers, punishment, classics, imperial system, feudalism, elephant latitude, different things, land and place. Under each door, the system history is more detailed and complete.
Based on the general code, the general examination uses various materials such as classics, meetings, biographies, lectures and discussions to expand and supplement the content. It is broader in content and more accurate in classification than Tongdian. Ma Duanlin has made in-depth research on the style and content of Tongdian. Ma Duanlin thinks that the items in General Canon are not clearly set and the historical materials are not carefully selected, leaving many defects, mistakes and regrets. He made a detailed analysis of "General Code" in "An Introduction to General Examination of Documents". Take what you get and make up for what you lose. Finally, shine on you is better than Blue. Among his 24 doors, food accounts for 8 doors; Among the 348 volumes, 27 volumes are also accounted for. On-the-job officials also concentrated a large number of financial officials, such as Shangshu of the Ministry of Housing, Taifuqing, Sinong Qing, Director-General, Rent Ayong Ambassador, Two Tax Ambassador, Household Registration Ambassador and Transfer Ambassador. , and Lu Zhi, professional field and Ma Zheng military field. In terms of words, the total number of words is more than 4.7 million, 2.83 million more than that of Tongdian.