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This book was written in 1962 as a column written by the author for Hong Kong's "Cycle Daily". At that time, overseas people were very alienated from the situation in Shanghai. Some young Chinese did not even know where Shanghai was, and called mainlanders outside Guangdong "Shanghaiese". Although the author is not a Shanghainese, he has lived in Shanghai for more than 20 years since arriving in Shanghai in the early 1920s. He also visited the new post-liberation Shanghai many times in the early 1950s. I have not only seen Shanghai, which is called the "adventurer's paradise" by foreigners, but also served on the front line of fire to defend Shanghai during the "August 13" Songhu War. I have also seen with my own eyes the changes in Shanghai after the people took over. He introduced the Spring and Autumn Period of Shanghai to overseas people with his personal experience and detailed historical materials.

The interview series records Mr. Cao Juren's interview experience and what he saw and heard from the Anti-Japanese War to the Civil War, as well as his complicated emotions in the great changes of the times. "The Interview" begins with the Sino-Japanese disputes after Japan's Meiji Restoration. It focuses on the deeds of September 18th, the Battle of Songhu, the July 7th Incident, and the fall of Nanjing. It is exactly the same as the eighth battlefield narrated in "The Interview". Mr. Cao Juren is committed to making it a people's war history. He went to the battlefield in person and collected hand-made materials, including enemy documents, diaries, prisoner confessions, and official documents. He also consulted reports and criticisms from friendly people, and studied the works of experts. The book consists of three parts: an introduction, the prelude to Japan's war of aggression, and the first page of the all-out war of resistance. It narrates the war without overdoing it, and analyzes the motivations behind the war. The information is rich and detailed, making one feel like one is in that era filled with gunpowder. Whether he wins or loses, he just has to make peace with the enemy. As the author said, this book can be said to be a powerful annotation of Chiang Kai-shek's words.

"My World and Me" is a memoir written by Mr. Cao Juren in his later years. It was later compiled and supplemented by his family. It is consciously managed according to "biographical literature". It is a candid confession, up and down, free and easy. It is a biography with important historical value and textual significance. It "unabashedly reveals" his life and world. From the "Twilight of Shintoism" in childhood in Jinhua to the "Four Diamonds" of the Zhejiang First Division; from "Chinese Studies" and "Literary Circle" to "Lu Xun and I" and "Wenbai Debate"; from the Spring and Autumn Period in Shanghai and career in newspapers and magazines to the rise of the Anti-Japanese War and writing and joining the army; not only reading He has rich history and knowledge, and he really wanted to outline the life outline and cultural work of that era." Therefore, "the historical meaning is relatively heavier." Because of this, it is a masterpiece that has both historical value and literary readability.