The "Li Yuandu Dedication to The Subjects" mainly talks about the detailed investigation of the personnel required for the "Zhonglu", reflecting the importance that Li Yuandu, a military general from a literati background, attaches to literature. The Records of Praise and Loyalty is a list compiled by the Qing court to praise loyal subjects.
Li Yuandu (1821-1887), a native of Pingjiang County, Hunan. Zi Ci Qing, also known as Wat Ting, self-titled Tianyue ShanQiao, in his later years he was also called a transcendent old man, a Qing Dynasty minister and scholar. Born in the first year of Daoguang (1821). He lost his father at the age of 4. 18-year-old Middle Talent. Twenty-three years as an official qianyang county teaching. He is the author of 60 volumes of "Outline of the First Dynasty of the State Dynasty", 40 volumes of "Tianyue Mountain Pavilion Notes", 12 volumes of "Tianyue Mountain Pavilion Poetry Collection", 64 volumes of "Four Books of Broad Meaning", 10 volumes of "History of Guo Dynasty Tong", 2 volumes of "Records of the Relics of Famous Sages", and 26 volumes of "Nanyue Zhi". Among them, the "Outline of the First Dynasty of the State Dynasty" is a collection of relevant literature and materials of the Qing Dynasty, which is particularly huge. He also edited the Tongzhi "Pingjiang County Chronicle".