竹葉亭雜記

The collection assembles miscellaneous notes on imperial court life, rituals, and ceremonial precedents, recording anecdotes about palace ceremonies, imperial audiences, naming practices, mourning protocols, festival entertainments, military inspections, and administrative ordinances. Entries describe ritual calendars, auspicious days, furnishings and objects, officials' duties and punishments, entertainments at imperial gardens, and procedural adjustments across reigns. The tone is observational and documentary, combining anecdote, calendrical detail, and bureaucratic memoranda to illustrate etiquette, power dynamics, and practical governance within the palace milieu.