This collectioof miniature stories covers a wide array of subjects whiledeploying a multiplicity of writing skills.These eighty-eight distinctive yetseamless vignettes act as a condensed archive of recent great social reformsiChina.through their small yet vivid sketches， portrayals and reproductionsof Chinese people's lives and feelings.The many authors，with profound.incisive thinking and vision，have beewitness to and experienced neareverything iChinese society，so they have every reasoand every capacityto superbly and deftly accomplish this challenging literary mission.