Because of his talent and knowledge, Ji Xiaolan was asked by Qianlong to revise Sikuquanshu, but this work lasted for more than ten years. However, some scholars believe that Ji Xiaolan's death was due to overwork, especially because he was in charge of distributing Sikuquanshu. In his later years, Ji Xiaolan also wrote many personal works, but most of his works reflected the hardships of personal service for many years.
Ji Xiaolan is 26 years older than Shenyang. When Emperor Qianlong was alive, Ji Xiaolan's life was approaching his later years. At that time, Ji Xiaolan was indifferent to officialdom, and Ji Xiaolan only engaged in compiling books and writing all his life.
As Ji Xiaolan's masterpiece, Yuewei Caotang Notes introduces Ji Xiaolan's later life. In his later years, Ji Xiaolan stopped receiving guests, but in fact, Ji Xiaolan didn't have any guests at home, and Ji Xiaolan didn't talk about contact with the outside world as much as Kan Kan in the film and television drama. In real history, he will not take the initiative to have anything to do with the outside world.
At the same time, it also led to Ji Xiaolan's own extreme depression. He has been old in officialdom for decades, but he can only stay at home. He doesn't even have a friend to talk to. In his later years, he wrote poems and raised birds every day. Besides, he is 82 years old. But compared with the result of small Shenyang, Ji Xiaolan died.