"Instead of skipping back and forth between eras, it focuses on reconstructing the history of the Wei and Jin dynasties. And it has a small cast of characters, concentrating its discussion on Ruan Ji and Ji Kang.
這篇文字沒有跨越時代，而專注於魏晉時代的歷史重建；並且也沒有涉及過多的人物，而集中於阮籍與嵇康的刻劃。