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This book is a collection of short and medium stories, including "In the Temple" and "Cockroach" and other fourteen novels. Each story has novel themes and unique expressions, unique style, and obvious innovative intentions. Many of them have been included in the author's self-selected collections, and some have been selected into literary anthologies, dictionaries, intensive reading libraries, or Chinese and literature textbooks. This edition is based on the early January 1977 edition of the Journal Department of Taiwan Young Lion Culture Company. In addition to the main text, it also includes the author's handwriting photos, photos, and appendices (the full text or excerpts of five comments).

"The Drunkard" was written in the 1960s and has been praised by critics as "China's first stream-of-consciousness novel". It is one of the famous masterpieces of Hong Kong writer Liu Yifang. Since the novel came out, it has been reprinted many times in various places. The version launched this time is based on the author's revised version launched by Hong Kong Yiyi Publishing Co., Ltd. In July 2003. In addition to the main text of the novel, it also includes two prefaces, the author's handwriting, the author's photo, and an appendix (an excerpt or full text of the author's 1993 speech "Why I wrote "The Drunkard"") and fourteen reviews.

The novel tells the story of a man and a woman triggered by a connected stamp. One is a middle-aged man who moved to Hong Kong from Shanghai, and the other is a girl who grew up in Hong Kong. It describes the different psychological fragments of the two people in the same time and space. It was serialized in "Sing Tao Evening News" in 1972 and changed into a short story of the same name in 1975. Both long and short articles are included in this book. This edition is based on the first edition published by Hong Kong Yiyi Publishing Co., Ltd. In December 2000, and includes a preface, a photo of the author's handwriting, photos and appendices (excerpts or full texts of twenty-five comments).

The new editor of the story refers to the previous text, rewrites it and gives the story new meaning. This book contains four new stories: "The Treasure Chest Sinking in Anger", "Meng Jiangnu", "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl" and "Splitting the Mountain to Save the Mother", which were serialized in newspapers and periodicals in the 1960s by the famous Hong Kong writer Liu Yichang. The story of "Meng Jiangnu" about the collapse of the Great Wall, "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl" about their meeting on the magpie bridge and "Splitting the Mountain to Save Mother" are adapted from myths about agarwood overcoming all odds to save her mother's family; "The Sinking of the Treasure Box" about the famous prostitute Du Shiniang is adapted from a classical novel. The four novels, which have been dormant in old newspapers for many years, are now combined into a book for the first time. The novels retain rich raw materials of myths and legends and have made great contributions to the preservation and dissemination of folk literature. They are also meaningful for examining the development trajectory of Liu Yichang and Hong Kong literature. Liu Yichang's new stories have always been highly praised, and this work is different from Liu Yichang's experimental explorations such as "In the Temple" and "Spider Spirit", with simple and delicate writing. Liu Yichang used his rich knowledge of folk literature to rewrite the stories of Du Shiniang, Meng Jiang, Weaver Girl and Our Lady of Mount Huashan, describing the tortured lives of the four women, thereby expressing his care for women, especially the working-class women of Hong Kong in the 1960s. This is a work rich in cultural significance.