〈Biography of Boyi〉 in 〈Records of Historian〉 is quite different from the common biographies in its composition and tone which presents some vague ideas whose real meaning we can t immediately catch because they are expressed in an indirect way, which in one of the distinctive features of the Ci Poetry of the Tang-Song period.

The tranguility of private gardens in ancient Chinese times provided a good environment for people to read books, drink tea, play chess, play stringed instruments, etc.