Liduan,the backbone of the writers who writes mystery fantasy fiction in mainland China,makes her endeavor to promote the cultural accomplishment in mystery fantasy fictions;especially there are some traces of the pursuit of humanistic spirit in her fictions,which have an inclination to the serious literature.

Compared with the original quester, questers in A Passage to India are quite different; the latter lead a spiritual quest, focusing on the acquisition of harmonious and perfect human relationships.