[Purpose/Significance] Qilue has been lost for a long time. The Qing Dynasty Yao Zhenzong’s Lost articles of Qilue, based on the past achievements of predecessors’ compilation,referred to the catalogue frame of Hanzhi, provides the text closest to the original appearance of Qilue. Reflecting on gains and losses of Yao’s Lost Articles of Qilue will help to accurately identify Qilue and Hanzhi as an abridged version of Qilue.[Method/Process] According to Yao Zhenzong’s specific restoration process of the four bibliographic elements of Qilue, including the preface, classification structure, bibliography and narration, this paper analyzed the bibliographical insights and omissions of Lost Articles of Qilue from transforming its genre according to Hanshu·Yiwenzhi.[Result/Conclusion] Yao’s Lost Articles of Qilue not only points to the restoration of Qilue in the sense of compilation, and becomes the text closest to the original appearance of Qilue, also in the sense of bibliography, it reveals that Hanzhi is based on an example of historical records, reconstructs the frame structure of bibliography, and changes the narrative mode of traditional bibliography called "Liu Xiang’s story". As a result, Yao’s Lost Articles of Qilue has also surpassed the level of bibliography where various scholars compete for the number of entries in the compilation, and has become a bibliographic work that focuses on "styles".