He was a figure in the Ming period Ching-ling Movement of Chinese prose literature and is credited with the Ming Prose Classic Dijing jingwu lüe or "Survey of Scenery and Monuments in the Imperial Capital".
He was a figure in the Ming period Ching-ling Movement of Chinese prose literature in contrast to the Kung-an school and the well known Yuan Hongdao and his brothers. He is credited with the Ming Prose Classic Dijing jingwu lüe or "Survey of Scenery and Monuments in the Imperial Capital".