There were many novels that described the protagonist who had the skills of zither, chess, calligraphy, painting, and so on after transmigrating to another world. He used his skills to fool various characters in the other world. The more common plot in this type of novel was that the protagonist was misunderstood or deceived by the locals because he was not familiar with the local culture and rules after transmigrating to another world. Then, the protagonist used his intelligence and wisdom to finally deceive the locals and become the overlord of the other world. This type of novel was often called a " hoodwinking novel " or a " time-traveling zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting specialty novel."