Under the influence of Sorai OGYU and others, the novels written in colloquial language in the Chinese literature in those days were introduced and studied that led Yomihon and others to be written.
荻生徂徠などの影響で、当時の中国文学の口語小説の紹介・研究が進み、その影響を受けて読本などが書かれるようになった。