It is not clear how far back the Li-ching Chi goes; the earliest existing edition is from the Ming dynasty. It contains a popular Fukienese story from Chaochow.
荔鏡記戲文年代起於何時已不可考，現存版本最早是明代，其內容是閩南潮泉最膾炙人口的陳三五娘故事。