| 1 | This article takes a great writer in the Ming Dynasty, Yuan Hongdao's work as the contemplate objects. | |
| 2 | Later, he, together with Yuan Hongdao, focused on promoting the School of Pure bind and advocating praying to Buddha. | |
| 3 | Therefore, we should learn from Yuan Hongdao critically because we are, after all, social beings. | |
| 4 | Chapter III discusses Yuan's humanness and literary features based on a large number of his essays like travel notes and letters. | |
| 5 | The first chapter aims at finding out the loss and gain of Yuan's literary thought in contrast to the evolution of Gong'an School, of which Yuan is viewed as a member. |