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In the form of essays, anthropological methods are used to observe the historical destiny of the British Empire, the socialist experiment of the British Labor Party, the decline of industrial organizations and the hopelessness of rural reconstruction, as well as constitutional monarchy, parliamentary politics and the civil service system, etc. He has a keen insight into the turn of centuries between the two great empires of Britain and the United States and the birth of the "American Century". Reading it today, one is particularly impressed by the author's broad vision and historical foresight.

"The Distance Is the Voyage of Life: Fei Xiaotong's Essays from Outside the Territory" shows that while Fei Xiaotong traveled to Western countries, he gazed at and observed the Western world with the eyes of a sociologist. It recorded the conflicts between history and modernity, politics and economy, advanced science and technology and traditional culture, and showed people the kaleidoscope-like world on the "backside of the earth". At the same time, he cared about his motherland and had a long-term vision. He systematically compared and analyzed Eastern and Western societies, and put forward many novel viewpoints that were forward-looking and practical. His deep feelings for his family and country were revealed between the lines. This book mainly collects essays written by Fei Xiaotong during his study abroad and academic exchange visits abroad. This is a colorful description of social life outside the country from the perspective of a sociologist. This is a travelogue with both depth and warmth.

"The World Is a Warm Station: Fei Xiaotong's Character Essays" is a collection of character essays by Mr. Fei Xiaotong. It records many characters and foreign historical celebrities around Mr. Fei Xiaotong, showing the style, belief and spirit of a generation. The spirit in them is precious and is what is gradually missing in today's society. It should arouse our vigilance and thinking.

From "July 20, 1982" to "December 10, 1987", Fei Xiaotong wrote and published five volumes of "Miscellaneous Writings" at a rate of almost one volume per year. In these sketches written by the author, which are not classified or easy to classify, and have not been noticed and interpreted by many people before, we can clearly see the life of a Chinese literati scholar and the interests and fun that are integrated with his profession. This is also the life and existence of a Chinese literati's true holistic appearance. As a literati who is good at writing, Fei Xiaotong completed the sublimation of his life realm and self-personality with the help of free writing. His writing therefore touched everything he saw and experienced, and thus he completed a natural and unpretentious expression that was independent in thought, shared the same fate as the era in which he lived. His writing style also reflected the thinking and practical application of the so-called writing and the value of knowledge dissemination by his generation.

From "Footsteps are the Scale of Culture: Fei Xiaotong's Cultural Essays", readers can understand how Fei Xiaotong expresses his understanding and thinking about the rich Chinese culture through "things that everyone can see"; they can also feel the author's deep longing for his relatives, friends and teachers. You can understand the colorful description of social life observed through the eyes of a sociologist. The author has been engaged in sociology and anthropology research for a long time, and can often find shining points in the details of life. The selected articles range from teenagers to old age, with rich content and simple words.

"Rural China·Rural Reconstruction": This book contains two parts: "Rural China" and "Rural Reconstruction". "Rural China" is a compilation of the "Rural Sociology" courses taught by Mr. Fei Xiaotong at Southwest Associated University and Yunnan University in the 1940s. The author uses popular and concise language to provide a theoretical overview and analysis of the main characteristics of China's grassroots society, and presents a relatively comprehensive picture of China's grassroots society. "Rural Reconstruction" is based on the investigation and research of rural communities such as Jiangcun and Lucun by Mr. Fei Xiaotong. He explores the own characteristics and endogenous mechanisms of China's rural society and puts forward the idea of ​​developing rural industry and realizing rural reconstruction. Taking China's countryside as the research object, it uses popular and concise language to theoretically summarize and analyze the main phenomena of modern rural economy, and proposes specific methods and measures for rural reconstruction. "The Reproductive System": This book is a work on family sociology, which has had a wide impact on society. The author compiled and compiled it based on the lecture notes he gave when teaching at the university during the Anti-Japanese War. The book mainly discusses several theoretical issues related to the birth of children that families bear. But this book discusses not only reproduction, but also a system of activities related to the continuation of the race. These include: spouse selection, marital relations, family organization, dual-line upbringing, parental power, generational gaps, social succession, expansion of kinship, etc. The author's analysis of these issues in the book puts forward some theoretical viewpoints that are still of great educational significance to how we deal with family, marriage, and children's education issues today. "Jiangcun Economy" is a doctoral thesis written by Fei Xiaotong in 1938 when he was studying at the University of London in the United Kingdom. The thesis is based on the author's survey data in Kaixiangong Village, Wujiang County, Jiangsu Province (now part of Qidu Town, Wujiang District, Suzhou City). It was originally published in English under the title "Kaixiangong, the Economic Life of a Chinese Rural Area." Published in the UK in 1939, the book is titled "The Life of Chinese Peasants". The author named the open string bow Jiangcun. The author gives a detailed description of the geographical environment of Kaixiangong Village, the villagers' family structure, economic production methods, property distribution and inheritance, etc., Aiming to show the deep structure and functions of my country's traditional rural society through an anthropological description. "The World is a Warm Station: Fei Xiaotong's Character Essays": From these cultural essays, readers can understand how Fei Xiaotong expressed his understanding and thinking about the rich Chinese culture through "things that everyone can see"; they can also feel the author's deep longing for his relatives, friends, and teachers. You can understand the colorful description of social life observed through the eyes of a sociologist. The author has been engaged in sociology and anthropology research for a long time, and can often find shining points in the details of life. The selected articles range from teenagers to old age, with rich content and simple words. "The Distance Is the Voyage of Life: Fei Xiaotong's Overseas Essays": This is a collection of Mr. Fei Xiaotong's character essays, compiled from the words written by Fei Xiaotong over 70 years from 1926 to 2000. The book records many people around Fei Xiaotong and historical celebrities at home and abroad, and depicts the various features of social life at that time. Readers can feel the author's sincere longing for his relatives, friends and teachers from the book, and see the author's memory and commemoration of the people around him and historical celebrities. "Footsteps are the Scale of Culture: Fei Xiaotong's Cultural Essays": While traveling around Western countries, Fei Xiaotong watched and observed the Western world with the eyes of a sociologist, recording the conflicts between history and modernity, politics and economy, advanced science and technology and traditional culture, and showing people the kaleidoscope-like world on the "backside of the earth". At the same time, he cared about his motherland and had a long-term vision. He systematically compared and analyzed Eastern and Western societies, and put forward many novel viewpoints that were forward-looking and practical. His deep feelings for his family and country were revealed between the lines. This book mainly collects essays written by Fei Xiaotong during his study abroad and academic exchange visits abroad. This is a colorful description of social life outside the country from the perspective of a sociologist. This is a travelogue with both depth and warmth. "American Character": This book is a classic work by the famous scholar Fei Xiaotong. It includes three parts: "American Character", "First Visit to the United States" and "Glimpses of a Visit to the United States". It is Mr. Fei Xiaotong's notes and impressions of studying and inspecting the United States in the 1940s and revisiting the United States in the 1980s. It focuses on comparing the differences between American culture and European culture, Americans and Europeans, American culture and Chinese culture, and Eastern civilization and Western civilization. The analysis of the American character and the role of this character in promoting the United States to become prosperous and powerful is helpful to strengthen our thinking on the peaceful rise of our country and the reconstruction of Eastern civilization.

Fei Xiaotong's novella, written in English in the mid-1930s, has been sealed for a long time in the "Firth Archives" of the library of the London School of Economics where the author once studied. It was only discovered and translated into Chinese in 2016. The novel describes the various experiences of a new silk-making enterprise in rural southern Jiangsu in the 1930s. It is not only the "literary version" of the author's famous book "Jiangcun Economy", but also echoes the left-wing literature of the 1930s.