 Ye was not only writing stories, but also reporting the fallacies in society.His writings were not only for leisure but feeding the rest by knowing and reflecting the reality, ”…the basic requirement for writing fiction is a pair of penetrating and observat eyes and my eyes are not penetrating enough…Of course, it is not necessary to train one’s eyes just for the sake of writing but trained eyes do, in reality, nourish life.” (Ye Shengtao, 'Guoqu Suitan', op.