目录

●The Wise Man， the Fool and the Slave
On Presenting a View
Mid-Iife Loneliness
Winter in White Horse Lake
Loving Memories of Mother
National Crisis vs Heroic Natio
The Living Present
Mr． About-the-Same
Never Give up the Pursuit of Learning
Reflections on the Sports Meet
Dusk
Under the Linden Tree
I Took a Wooden Boat
Enjoying the Moon
A Place Without Autumn Insects
The Commercial Press and I
Nothing Is Impossible to a Willing Mind
Getting Married at 81
How I Started My Career as a Novelist
The Sight of Father's Back
Tribute to the White Poplar
Fog
Autumn in Peiping
A Chat about Marriage
On “Reading Is Always Benefiaa
Love Is Not a Game
Recollections of My High School Days
On Growing Flowers
The Torrent of Life
Smile
Stars on a Snowy Night
The Land of My Ancestors
Grandpa and Nightly Blackout
A Chat about Short Essays
Dreamlike Childhood
A Profile of Sa Zhenbing
Joys of the Teaching Career
My Narrow Escape from a Wolf's Jaws
From Chongqing to Hakone
Another Letter to Young Readers
Is the Ear Less Reliable than the Eye? - About the Story of jiao
Wei Qin
Time Is Life
Learning and Personal Inclination
Cultivating Good Habits
Random Thoughts （Excerpt）
A Brief Sketch of Peng Dehuai