diff --git a/src/Luban.Job.Cfg/Source/Defs/CfgDefLoader.cs b/src/Luban.Job.Cfg/Source/Defs/CfgDefLoader.cs
index 303ad0c..fbeec21 100644
--- a/src/Luban.Job.Cfg/Source/Defs/CfgDefLoader.cs
+++ b/src/Luban.Job.Cfg/Source/Defs/CfgDefLoader.cs
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ namespace Luban.Job.Cfg.Defs
                         case "path":
                         case "range":
                         {
-                            cf.Type = cf.Type + "&" + attrs[i];
+                            cf.Type = cf.Type + "&(" + attrs[i] + ")";
                             break;
                         }
                         case "group":
@@ -665,16 +665,17 @@ namespace Luban.Job.Cfg.Defs
         {
             ValidAttrKeys(defineFile, e, _fieldOptionalAttrs, _fieldRequireAttrs);
 
-            string refStr = XmlUtil.GetOptionalAttribute(e, "ref");
             string typeStr = XmlUtil.GetRequiredAttribute(e, "type");
+
+            string refStr = XmlUtil.GetOptionalAttribute(e, "ref");
             if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(refStr))
             {
-                typeStr = typeStr + "&ref=" + refStr;
+                typeStr = typeStr + "&(ref=" + refStr + ")";
             }
             string pathStr = XmlUtil.GetOptionalAttribute(e, "path");
             if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(pathStr))
             {
-                typeStr = typeStr + "&path=" + pathStr;
+                typeStr = typeStr + "&(path=" + pathStr + ")";
             }
 
             return CreateField(defineFile, XmlUtil.GetRequiredAttribute(e, "name"),
diff --git a/src/Luban.Job.Cfg/Source/Validators/PathValidator.cs b/src/Luban.Job.Cfg/Source/Validators/PathValidator.cs
index badbf0d..84a9167 100644
--- a/src/Luban.Job.Cfg/Source/Validators/PathValidator.cs
+++ b/src/Luban.Job.Cfg/Source/Validators/PathValidator.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using Luban.Job.Cfg.Datas;
 using Luban.Job.Cfg.Defs;
 using Luban.Job.Common.Defs;
 using Luban.Job.Common.Types;
+using Luban.Job.Common.Utils;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ namespace Luban.Job.Cfg.Validators
         public PathValidator(TType type, string pathPattern)
         {
             Type = type;
-            this.RawPattern = pathPattern;
+            this.RawPattern = DefUtil.TrimBracePairs(pathPattern);
         }
 
         public void Validate(ValidatorContext ctx, TType type, DType data)
diff --git a/src/Luban.Job.Cfg/Source/Validators/RefValidator.cs b/src/Luban.Job.Cfg/Source/Validators/RefValidator.cs
index b40e5e8..51edf62 100644
--- a/src/Luban.Job.Cfg/Source/Validators/RefValidator.cs
+++ b/src/Luban.Job.Cfg/Source/Validators/RefValidator.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 using Luban.Job.Cfg.Datas;
 using Luban.Job.Cfg.DataVisitors;
 using Luban.Job.Cfg.Defs;
+using Luban.Job.Cfg.Utils;
 using Luban.Job.Common.Defs;
 using Luban.Job.Common.Types;
+using Luban.Job.Common.Utils;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ namespace Luban.Job.Cfg.Validators
         public RefValidator(TType type, string tablesStr)
         {
             Type = type;
-            this.Tables = new List<string>(tablesStr.Split(','));
+            this.Tables = new List<string>(DefUtil.TrimBracePairs(tablesStr).Split(','));
         }
 
         public void Validate(ValidatorContext ctx, TType type, DType key)
diff --git a/src/Luban.Job.Cfg/Source/Validators/SetValidator.cs b/src/Luban.Job.Cfg/Source/Validators/SetValidator.cs
index bf84466..b4f4728 100644
--- a/src/Luban.Job.Cfg/Source/Validators/SetValidator.cs
+++ b/src/Luban.Job.Cfg/Source/Validators/SetValidator.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using Luban.Job.Cfg.Datas;
 using Luban.Job.Common.Defs;
 using Luban.Job.Common.Types;
+using Luban.Job.Common.Utils;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ namespace Luban.Job.Cfg.Validators
         {
             _type = ttype;
             _datas = new HashSet<DType>();
-            _valueSetStr = param;
+            _valueSetStr = DefUtil.TrimBracePairs(param);
         }
 
         public void Compile(DefFieldBase def)
diff --git a/src/Luban.Job.Common/Source/Defs/DefAssemblyBase.cs b/src/Luban.Job.Common/Source/Defs/DefAssemblyBase.cs
index 9ad7906..57f1ddb 100644
--- a/src/Luban.Job.Common/Source/Defs/DefAssemblyBase.cs
+++ b/src/Luban.Job.Common/Source/Defs/DefAssemblyBase.cs
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ namespace Luban.Job.Common.Defs
 
         public TType CreateType(string module, string type)
         {
-            int sepIndex = DefUtil.IndexOfIncludeBrace(type, ',');
+            int sepIndex = DefUtil.IndexOfElementTypeSep(type);
             if (sepIndex > 0)
             {
                 string containerTypeAndTags = DefUtil.TrimBracePairs(type.Substring(0, sepIndex));
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ namespace Luban.Job.Common.Defs
 
         protected TMap CreateMapType(string module, Dictionary<string, string> tags, string keyValueType, bool isTreeMap)
         {
-            int typeSepIndex = DefUtil.IndexOfIncludeBrace(keyValueType, ',');
+            int typeSepIndex = DefUtil.IndexOfElementTypeSep(keyValueType);
             if (typeSepIndex <= 0 || typeSepIndex >= keyValueType.Length - 1)
             {
                 throw new ArgumentException($"invalid map element type:'{keyValueType}'");
diff --git a/src/Luban.Job.Common/Source/Utils/DefUtil.cs b/src/Luban.Job.Common/Source/Utils/DefUtil.cs
index ade78c7..62cbfd4 100644
--- a/src/Luban.Job.Common/Source/Utils/DefUtil.cs
+++ b/src/Luban.Job.Common/Source/Utils/DefUtil.cs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ namespace Luban.Job.Common.Utils
             return am;
         }
 
-        public static int IndexOfIncludeBrace(string s, char sep)
+        public static int IndexOfElementTypeSep(string s)
         {
             int braceDepth = 0;
             for (int i = 0; i < s.Length; i++)
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ namespace Luban.Job.Common.Utils
                     --braceDepth;
                 }
 
-                if (braceDepth == 0 && (c == sep))
+                if (braceDepth == 0 && (c == ',' || c == ';'))
                 {
                     return i;
                 }