This paper shows how his more famous plays reflect political and social events of his times, popular opinion, and the different mentalities during the Ming and Qing periods.

• 从这两齣剧本中反映了对忠臣与奸臣之辨、流寇的纷扰、地方官的贪污腐化、地方治安与变乱相继出现（如奴变与寨堡）、政权交替时期百姓痛苦等诸面相的特殊态度与感受。