Pu Songling was a litterateur in Qing Dynasty. His name was Liu Xian, and he was called "Mr. Liaozhai". Mr. Guo Moruo, a great modern writer, mentioned a couplet for him to learn.

Pu Songling's works inherit and develop the excellent tradition and expression of the legendary literature of strange stories in China literature, with fantastic plot, ups and downs, concise writing and orderly narration, and are regarded as the most accomplished collection of China's ancient short stories.

Mr. Lu Xun said in "A Brief History of Chinese Novels" that this book is "the most famous one in the special collection";

Mr. Guo Moruo wrote an inscription for Pu's former residence, praising Pu's book "writing ghosts and writing demons is superior, stabbing greed and stabbing abuse";

Lao She also commented on Pu's "Ghost foxes have personality, which makes them laugh and scold".