With the research work on the buildings and tomb relic around Shangjing Jin Dynasty, the historical values, in terms of Liao-Jin history study, are revealed in the paper.

Guo Yu Jie is a novel form of historiography reflecting the national characteristics of the Liao and Jin periods and the author's understanding of historical features.

Before he died in 2009, John Patrick Diggins, a respected professor and writer of intellectual history, waded into the Niebuhr fervour with an unfinished manuscript entitled "Why Niebuhr Now?"