The Selected Works of Ancient Chinese Literature is a book which first published by Higher Education Press in July, 2003. Its chief editor is Yu Xianhao. It has been listed as the“Nine Five”national level key textbooks for general higher education. Due to its strict production and substantial content, the book is beneficial both to students majoring in Chinese language and literature and to literature enthusiasts. The book has very detailed notes for some difficult words, phrases, sentences and special words used in ancient times. But it is undeniable that some errors still existed in the notes. After researching part of notes of Yuan and Ming volume in The Selected Works of Ancient Chinese Literature and under the reference of many anthologies and other data, the author thinks that there are a few mistakes. Focused on a few notes, this paper demonstrates the reasons of the errors and makes corrections. Only with the attitude of keeping improving, can people make progress. It’s an attitude should be taken by every researcher. The author also hopes this paper can provide some references for readers in reading