The historical value of the original little yellow book: it provides valuable information for understanding the specific composition and rotation mode of Li Jia system in Ming Dynasty, reveals the source of "map" of rural grass-roots organizations in Ming Dynasty, and makes up for the deficiency of the evolution of household registration tax book system in Yuan and Ming Dynasties.

The discovery of the original documents of Xiao Huangshu not only fully shows the text composition of Xiao Huangshu, but also proves that Xiao Huangshu method has been running in Jiangsu and Zhejiang for ten years.

The yellow book, also known as the household registration yellow book or the tax yellow book, was compiled in the Ming Dynasty to control the population and collect taxes. The Li Jia system based on the Yellow Book was the smallest rural organization unit in Ming Dynasty, which constituted the most basic part of the national administrative system at that time and had an important influence on the rural organization structure in Qing Dynasty and even in the south of the Republic of China.