The structure of the Rousing Story of Fated Love resembles a tree spiritually, with the view of causation as its root, the marriage between Chao Yuan and Di Xichen as its main trunk, the description of Mrs. Chao's later life as its minor trunk and many anecdotes as its branches and leaves. Based on this unique tree structure, the whole novel mainly depicts henpecked stories, presenting the social life of all kinds of rural people and middle and lower class urban people in the late Ming Dynasty.