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"The Canterbury Tales" is a collection of verse stories, mostly written in rhymed verse. The book contains a general quotation and twenty-three stories, two of which are prose and the rest are in poetry. It tells the strange stories that a group of pilgrims told to relieve their boredom on their way to Canterbury. This group of people come from all walks of life, including priests, warriors, nuns, college students, craftsmen, etc. Their stories also broadly reflect the social scene at that time.

Chaucer is the most important poet in the British Middle Ages and the founder of British national literature. Historical literary historians have called him the "father of British poetry." Chaucer's creations in this collection of works, from the perspective of early humanism, richly and colorfully reflected various social lives in the Middle Ages, portrayed the ideological outlook of people from all walks of life in the cradle of British capitalism, exposed the shamelessness of the monks, and boldly raised the issue of love and women. Titles include "The Canterbury Tales", "The Duchess' Book", etc. Fang Zhong's translation of "The Collected Works of Chaucer" is reliable, reliable and exquisite in diction. He has made a pioneering contribution to the translation and research of Chaucer in my country.