A play based on his career, Hai Rui Dismissed from Office, gained political importance in the 1960s, during the Cultural Revolution.
Dil Chahta Hai | Rui Costa | Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai | Hum Hai Raahi Car Ke | Cao Rui | Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi | Kyaa Kool Hai Hum | Humse Hai Liife | Hum Ne Li Hai- Shapath | Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin | Zhu Rui | Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani | Uruk-hai | Sajan Ghar Jaana Hai | Rui Faria | Manuel Rui | Kyun Tum Say Itna Pyar Hai | Jab Tak Hai Jaan | Huang Rui | Hải Vân Pass | Hai'an | Ching Hai | Battle of Tel Hai | Wu Rui | Tel-Hai Academic College | Su Rui | Sitaron Ko Choona Hai | rui (tree) | Rui Rio | Rui da Silva |
Major figures discussed in the book besides the emperor are Grand Secretaries Zhang Juzheng and Shen Shixing, official Hai Rui, general Qi Jiguang and philosopher Li Zhi.