作者嗜好清史，爬梳史料，厚积腹笥；注重溯本清源，形成独立见解。自上世纪80年代初，即为海外报纸撰写了大量文史专栏文章，多年来笔耕不辍，其文章亦散见于国内报刊。且形成作者固有风格和文笔。文章虽未必成一家之言，但亦有拾遗补阙之益。集中之文，深入浅出，力求严谨。不仅史料丰富，亦不乏趣味性，如关于北洋水师的系列钩沉、林则徐与道光皇帝的始信终弃、四公子的轶闻逸事、诗僧苏曼殊的风流倜傥、秋瑾绝命词的唏嘘悲怆、袁世凯洹上垂纶的韬晦诡谲、唐英与唐窑的传奇历程等等，跌宕起伏，引人遐思，颇值得一读。(TheauthorhasapassionforQinghistoryandhasbeensteepedinhistoricalrecords;stressingtheimportanceoffirsthandinformationinhistoricalresearchhedevelopedsomeuniqueinsights.Since1980s,hehascontributedtoalargenumberofhistoricalcolumnsforoverseasnewspaperswhilewritingsomearticlesfornativemedia,withdistinctivestyleandlanguage.Hiswritings,ifnotoriginal,servetocomplementtheexistingscholarship.Thecollectedarticlesweartheauthor’sconsiderablescholarshiplightlyandstrivetowardaccuracy.Theyarenotonlyextensivelyreferenced,butalsointerestingtoread.AserialexplorationofBeiyangFleet,EmperorDaoguang’sinitialtrustandlaterabandonmentofLinZexu,anecdotesoftheFourLateQingPrincelings,romanticaffairsofthepoetmonkSuManshu,theheartrendingswansongofthefemalemartyrQiuJin,thecharadeofYuanShikaifishingattheHuanshangVillage,thelegendsofQingofficialTangYingandtheimperialceramicsmadeunderhissupervision,etc.,featureunpredictableturnsandprovidefoodforthought.Anincrediblygoodread.)...