This chronicle is a comprehensive record of the life of its subject, allowing the reader to acquire a complete, in-depth picture. This book discusses Kuo Suntao's great achievements, elegant writing and noble behavior, his deficiencies and the criticism he received from contemporaries, leaving no stone unturned, and refusing to cover anything up. For the sake of the reader's convenience, and in anticipation of the writing of a biography of Kuo Sungtao, this book also contains a number of related texts with notes.