This book is an anthology recording people and tells the anecdotes about some famous scholars and men of letters such as Wu Mei, Huang Kan, Chen Zhongfan, Chen Sanli, Hu Shi, Lin Yutang, Zhu Kezhen,etc. Via the anecdotes and stories about these masters, the readers could feel the demeanour of these scholars and vicissitudes of times. The author is very good at referring to historical background and this book is quite attractive.