The original text was written in classical Chinese, but the manuscripts were dispersed and lost because Ida committed suicide protesting against being arrested on the suspicion of getting involved in the Sakuradamongai Incident, therefore his bereaved family published it in 1881 based on the book which Ida was asked to print after the completion of the book.
原本は漢文で書かれているが、後に飯田が桜田門外の変に関与したとの容疑で逮捕された事に抗議して自害したという事情もあって散逸して現存していないが、完成後に飯田が人に乞われて印刷に付されたものを元に明治14年（1881年）に遺族の手で刊行された。