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Selected from "China Youth Daily·Bingdian Weekly·People". A total of 33 scholars, celebrities, and masters in various fields are recorded, all of whom are admirable great men. During the ups and downs of the Republic, they experienced the same or different political periods, and each had their own unknown life experiences. Some people died 20 years later before receiving due condolences; some people fought against the entire education system alone until their death suddenly occurred; famous historians lived in a nursing home in their later years; dignified academicians always appeared in solemn lecture halls with barefoot cloth shoes... There is no longer a grand narrative, it is no longer an abstract model. Let go of conceptual symbolic cognition and embrace the vivid details of life. Lu Xun's fun, Hu Shi's calmness, Ye Jiaying's beauty of weak virtue, Liang Shuming's strong character. They are human beings and life. Every gesture, every act, a little reflection, a trivial matter, a few words, all reveal the character, style, demeanor and taste. Everyone has different personalities, different experiences, different fates, and different pursuits, but there is a "scholar" guarding them at the bottom, and they all demonstrate the "spirit of independence and free thinking." Their experiences may make many people sigh, but their perseverance and efforts will make even more people deeply moved. With human witnesses to history, many living individuals have gradually made the storms and dust of the past half century clearly appear before our eyes, bringing a shock to the bone marrow, and making us think deeply even if we want to talk about it.