The book's contents are interesting. The author, Tai Fu, was a petty official following the An Lu-shan rebellion who recorded all kinds of supernatural tales that he heard people talking about and which reflect the popular religious beliefs of the T'ang dynasty.
這本書的內容很有趣，作者戴孚是安史之亂後的一個小官，他把在地方茶餘飯後談的神怪故事都記了下來，很能反應唐代社會的民俗宗教思想。