本书对《西游记》做了一番试图阐述金丹大道的工作，比其他证道本的评点更系统更广泛。书中对小说中所反映出的关于儒释道三教思想、阴阳五行以及《周易》理论等中国传统思想进行了阐发，对小说中的世俗人情等也有许多精辟的阐述。（This book tries to do the work of illustrating Taoist theory for inner elixir to the Journey to the West. Its comments are more systematic and more widely than other sermon books. This book explicates some Chinese traditional thought reflected in the novel like three religions of Confucian, Buddhism, and Taoism, yin-yang and five elements and theory of Zhouyi, elaborates common customs and human feelings incisively.）