The main differences between the fangzhi and the tujing was that the former was a product of "local initiative, not a central command" according to Peter K. Bol, and were usually ten, twenty, or even fifty chapters in length compared to the average four chapters for map guides.
Glavne razlike između fangzhija i tujinga bile su u tome što je fangzhi, prema Peteru K. Bolu, bio proizvod "lokalne inicijative, a ne središnje zapovijedi", te je obično bio deset, dvadeset ili čak pedeset poglavlja dulji u odnosu na prosječnih četiri poglavlja u vodičima za karte.