《闲情偶寄》可以看成是李渔一生艺术感受和生活感受的总汇。”“这是一部三百年多前中国社会休闲生活情趣大全。余秋雨说：李渔的一生，或贫或富，或卑或傲，或显或沉，或清或污，后人对他也褒贬不一，我们需要做的，就是取其精华。 
《闲情偶寄》共包括《词曲部》、《演习部》、《声容部》、《居室部》、《器玩部》、《饮馔部》、《种植部》、《颐养部》等八个部分，论述了戏曲、歌舞、服饰、修容、园林、建筑、花卉、器玩、颐养、饮食等艺术和生活中的各种现象，林语堂英文版《吾国与吾民》给该书以极高的评价，认为该书是“中国人生活艺术的指南”

"Xian Qing Ou Ji" can be regarded as a confluence of Li Yu's life experience of art and life. "This is a complete collection of leisure interests in Chinese society more than three hundred years ago." Yu Qiuyu said: Li Yu's life is either poor or rich, humble or arrogant,  apparent or sinking, or clear or dirty, and future generations also praise him differently. What we need to do is to cream off the best and filter out the impurities.
"Xian Qing Ou Ji" includes "The Lyrics Department", "Exercise Department", "Sound Capacity", "Room Department", "Instrument Play Department", "Drinking Food Department", "Planting Department", "Cultivation Department" In eight parts, it discusses various phenomena in art and life, such as opera, singing and dancing, costumes, trimming, gardens, architecture, flowers, utensils, entertainment, eating, etc. Lin Yutang’s English version of <My Country and My People>, The book is highly regarded as the "Guide to the Art of Chinese Life".