Eating melon, it has been rumored these days that the author of "Those Things of the Ming Dynasty", Shi Yue (pen name: Dang Nian Ming Yue), has been sent to a mental hospital, allegedly for hitting a male superior and offending a female superior. "Those Things of the Ming Dynasty" was very popular back then; he used humorous and witty language to sort out what was originally very dry history, which is indeed rare in Chinese literature.