Cai, who came from Zhangpu in Fujian, was a student of the Zhu Xi scholar Zhang Bohang. The more than 1,000-character inscription describes the essence of Zhu Xi's spirit in terms like "orderly reasoning," "inexhaustible dedication," "meticulous care in grasping the meaning of each and every sentence," and "applying what is learned to daily life."
例如清末福建漳浦人蔡世遠受業於朱子學家張伯行，在他為新建成的諸羅縣學寫的記念碑文中，提到朱子讀書之法：「當循序而有常，致一而不懈，從容乎句讀文義之間，而體驗乎操存踐履之實。