This novel was written in ShanDong dialect, inwhich it provides us a vivid, abundant and valuable material ofresearch on the subtlety of the northern dialect used during theMing and Qing Dynasty.

• 这部近百万字的巨著,包含了丰富而详细的文化史料,在中国文学史及汉语史,尤其是汉语语音史上具有重要的意义。