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Poet Tang Xiaobing, in 2016, wrote this novel following the instructions of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region Party Committee and Education Bureau Party Group, set in the city of Kuche, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang.

This book is a collection of short essays derived from historical materials of the Republic of China. The content covers all aspects of social life in the Republic of China: politics, academia, and literary circles. The articles are short, concise, vivid, and highly readable. The author divulges from marginal historical materials, which is informative and interesting, cute and believable. It can supplement the readers' imagined picture of the Republic of China from the details.

In early September 2007, as a doctoral student in the History Department of East China Normal University, the author flew to the Institute of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada, for one academic year. With the assistance of Professor Qi Mushi, an expert on the history of the Chinese Communist Party, and Bu Zhengmin, a famous expert on Chinese history, I stayed at St. John's College of the school. This college, where international students from all over the world integrate accommodation, study, leisure, and cultural exchanges, provides the best channel for me, who is going abroad for the first time, to closely observe the similarities and differences between China and the West, and to personally experience the culture of North American colleges and society.