"Chobutsushi" written in the end of Ming period (translators' notes were in the three volumes in Heibonsha, Toyo bunko) systemized this hobby best, classifying it into 12 categories of shitruro (室盧), flowers and trees, suiseki (viewing stone), birds and fish, calligraphic works and paintings, kito (几榻), instruments, fashion, ship and car, interior accessory, soka (蔬果) and komei (香茗).
明末の文震享の『長物志』（訳注は、平凡社東洋文庫全3巻）は、この趣味をもっともよく体系化しており、室盧・花木・水石・禽魚・書画・几榻・器具・衣飾・舟車・位置・蔬果・香茗の12門に分類している。