People such as Kanzan OKAJIMA, who taught Chinese to Sorai OGYU and others, Hakku Okada, Teisho TSUGA and Issai SAWADA popularized the novels written in Chinese popular terms by way of publishing books on them and giving lectures, and thus they prepared the ground for the birth of Yomihon.
特に荻生徂徠らに中国語を教えたこともある岡嶋冠山、さらに岡田白駒、都賀庭鐘、沢田一斎らによって出版物や講義の形で一般に俗語小説が広められ、読本が生まれる環境が作られた。