《益智录》,清解鉴撰。解鉴,字子镜,号虚白道人,济南历城人。生于嘉庆五年,博学工诗,雅好诗文,少应童子试,但名困场屋,一生不售,连一个秀才也未考中。晚年乃绝意功名,隐居济南东北之黄台山,以训蒙为业,著述自娱。生平慕蒲松龄之为人,因仿聊斋笔墨,记述见闻,泚笔条记,广采博收,于成丰同治年间著成《益智录》一书。关于作者生平,各家传记方志皆不见载,唯《益智录》稿本所载诸家序中,有涉及其生平经历者。成丰年间沧州叶圭书曾两次任历城知县,其《益智录序》对解鉴生平所记最详,称: “Puzzle recorded” clear solution Kam. Interpretation Kam, the word sub-mirror, number virtual Taoist, Jinan City calendar. Born in Jiaqing five years, erudite poetry, elegant poetry, less should boy test, but the name of troubled houses, life is not sold, not even a scholar in the test. In his later years is absolutely fame, seclusion Huang Taishan in northeastern Jinan, with the training of Mongolia for the industry, the book entertainment. Life Pu Pu Songling of people, imitation chat Zhai pen and ink, well-known, clichés, wide mining Bo income, in Cheng Feng Tongzhi years into “Puzzle recorded” a book. About the author’s life, the biographies of all biographies are not seen, the only “Puzzle” manuscript contained in the sequence, there are those who involved in their life experience. Into the rich year Cangzhou Ye Guiji has served twice as a county magistrate, its “puzzle sequence” on the interpretation of the most detailed life story, said: