I think the earliest edition is Li Ben (175 1) in the 16th year of Qianlong, copied from the Chunting edition of Zhu Temple in Jinan. This edition is the earliest extant and the most complete one, which is of great value to the study of Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio. Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio is a collection of short stories in classical Chinese with unique ideological style and artistic style. Most novels talk about foxes and ghosts in the form of fantasy, but the content is deeply rooted in the soil of real life, reflecting the social contradictions and people's ideological demands in Pu Songling's era, and integrating the writer's unique feelings and understanding of life.

The old version of Liaozhai is so classic, mainly because the directors, actors and other staff are very serious about artistic creation. After all, people in those days were very simple. Moreover, many experts and scholars participated in the production of this drama, which ensured the artistic quality of this drama. Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio series consists of six most representative stories, including Painted Skin, Xiaocui, Crazy Bird, Judge Lu, Xiao Xie and Qiu Rong and Xiao Gan. Each story has different characteristics and styles.

In Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio, although mainland and Hong Kong and Taiwan actors join hands, the story content has become a bit trite and not terrible, so it is better to watch a Lonely Studio. Although the joining of many handsome men and beautiful women attracted attention, it weakened the horror atmosphere that the play should have, just like ordinary costume dramas.

Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio has a high artistic achievement. It has successfully created many artistic models, with vivid characters, fantastic story, rigorous and ingenious structural layout, concise writing and delicate description, which can be called the pinnacle of China's classical short stories.