| 1 | In Li Yu's opinion, Chinese opera was performing-works for entertaining. Entertainment was its main function. | |
| 2 | However, as a literary artist in the cultural transition, the fate of Li Yu destined to be a tragedy. | |
| 3 | There has been controversy on understanding of the two concepts: structure and mastermind in Li Yu s dramatic structure theory. | |
| 4 | We hope that we will explore the new field on studying characters in Li Yu's works through the further detailed and comprehensive discussion of female images in Li Yu's stories. | |
| 5 | In addition, the description of many kinds of optical instruments in Li Yu's fiction Shier lou, which promoted greatly the distribution of these sophisticated tools, originated entirely from Jingshi. |