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The author of this work was Xu Fenpeng (1560–1642), also known by his literary name, Bidong. The work was printed by Yu Zhixiao during the Wanli reign (1572–1620) and contains 200 or so entries, in four juan, in four volumes. The title originally given to the work was Si shu jin jian lu (Recent commentaries on the Four Books), reflecting the fact that it consists mainly of the author’s comments on the Confucian Four Books: Da xue (The great learning), Lun yu (Confucian analects), Zhong yong (Doctrine ...