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Will our world get better? Countless people at home and abroad have asked this question in various forms because they feel anxious and worried about reality. The author of this book was also eager to get the answer, so he threw this question to the best people in the world. The author spent 2 years conducting in-depth interviews with 12 elites. Extending from the ultimate question of "Will our world get better?", It mainly focuses on a number of current hot issues and cutting-edge trends, such as the prospects of blockchain, the future of artificial intelligence, virtual reality, "grey rhinoceros", fiscal and monetary policies, changes in the traditional retail industry, China's role in the future economy, etc. The 12 interviewees are all world-class experts, scholars and industry figures who are active in various fields. Thomas Sargent, the winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Economics, Kevin Kelly, the author of the trilogy "Out of Control", "What Technology Wants" and "The Inevitable", Yuval Harari, the author of "A Brief History of Humanity" and "A Brief History of the Future", etc. Want to predict the future? The best way is to create it. Follow this book to see the present and the future clearly.

This book is a collection of ancient poems, including ninety-nine ancient poems, divided into five parts: describing the past and the present, observing the sky and the earth, observing the sky, thinking about the virtuous people, and understanding the Tao and thinking about changes. The present chapter of the narration of ancient metaphors includes poems such as the Song of Invitation to the Ming Dynasty, reflections on reading "Chen Tingjing, Prime Minister of the Qing Dynasty", admiration for Su Dongpo, dreaming of meeting Su Dongpo, sighing for Zhang Juzheng, intensive reading of Laozi's Tao Te Ching, Dragon Boat Festival, Dragon Boat Festival Recalling Quzi, Poetic Continuation of Diao, Mid-Autumn Waves, Reminiscing about History through History, Reading to Save People, Not Reading Local Chronicles, etc.; Observing the sky and the earth includes climbing to Beitai in Yulin Town to reminisce about the past, and chanting about the sacred tree of hospitality. Sigh, Nostalgia for Yangjia City, Sightseeing in the Ancient Town of Gaojiabao, Notes on a Journey to the Land of Tianfu, Part One, Notes on a Journey to the Country of Tianfu, Part Two, Reflections on Xibaipo Part One, Reflections on Xibaipo Part Two, Reflections on Xibaipo Part Three, Reading Chang'an at Night, Falling Leaves in Chang'an, Reflections on the Northeast, Welcome to the Successful Launch of Tiangong-2, and other poems; Poems about people, Ai Lian Yi, Feelings about the time of heaven, To Yi people, Guan Ju, Reflections on listening to the northern Shaanxi folk song "I still miss you when I fall asleep face to face" and other poems; poems about meeting the wise include feelings about reading "Six Poems of Ci'en Temple" by Jianzhong mentor, "Seven Leisures in the Bamboo Forest" by Jianzhong mentor, reflections about "Birth of Tao Zhugong" by Jianzhong mentor, The war is over, I sincerely thank my mentor Mr. Hao Baoshan, and Encounter with Yan Poems such as Visiting the Forest of Steles with the Elder Brothers, Sending Relatives on Christmas Eve, Part 1 of a Letter from the Red Leaves at the End of the Year, Part 2 of a Letter from the Red Leaves at the End of the Year; poems about Enlightenment and Thoughts on Changes including: Boil Rice Soup to Enlighten the Way, Reflections on the Dream of Red Mansions, Four Sentences of Zen from the Supreme Bodhi, Reflections on Visiting Longquan Temple in Zaozhuang, Enlightenment and Vanity Fair, Life is Like a Play, Common People and Things, Insights on Walking Alone, Public and Private, Knowledge and Action, etc.

This book mainly uses the relationship between Quanzhou and the Indian Ocean trade during the Song and Yuan Dynasties to describe the mutual influence of social customs and cultural customs in the exchanges between Chinese and foreign civilizations. The relationship between Quanzhou and Indian Ocean civilization can be said to be so closely intertwined that it is difficult to distinguish each other. In a word, Quanzhou is a window to understand the Indian Ocean world, and Indian Ocean civilization is a mirror to understand Quanzhou.