This work and his previous work, "Hanabusa Soshi," were different from the ukiyo zoshi that had been in fashion until then, and should be called the first yomihon whose original texts (hakuwa shosetsu) were evident, emphasizing a Chinese flavor.
この作品とその前作の『英草子』は、読本の祖というべきもので、それまで流行していた浮世草子とはちがって、原典（白話小説）のはっきりと分かる、中国趣味を前面にだしたものだった。