The third-grade Chinese book of Ximen Bao tells the historical story that Wang Wei sent Ximen Bao to govern this place during the Warring States Period, and Ximen Bao skillfully used his clever tricks to break superstition, build water conservancy and promote local economic development with the masses.

According to the sequence of events, the article first describes the process of Ximen Bao's arrival in Yeh, and finds out the reasons for poverty here through investigation and study. Then it focuses on how Ximen Bao skillfully broke superstition; Finally, it is briefly described that Ximen Bao mobilizes ordinary people to build water conservancy projects, so that crops can have a good harvest every year.