Emperor Cheng Di, who is portrayed as having been so obsessed with the concubine Zhao Feiyan that he lost interest in all else, in fact reviewed and commented on the completed texts of these revised works, in addition to handling the affairs of state.
由於吏治發達、文人政府出現，《史記》、《漢書》均記載有循吏與酷吏傳，東漢文治越深，《漢書》裡文苑傳、儒林傳的篇幅比重也越高。