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The author of this book is familiar with the anecdotes of historical figures, ranging from emperors to civil servants, military generals, and ordinary people. From the individual's careful independence to the social system, he can write it with just a pen. In the midst of laughter and curses, the three cardinal principles and five permanent principles of the old society and social conditions are vividly displayed on the page. Between the lines of ridiculing the "stubbornness" of the ancients, there are also jokes about the words of the sages and their words of persuasion. Don't say that today's bureaucratic approach of persuading people to do good and educating people through words of ambition and teaching is too outdated and obliterates the modern significance of scholars' advancement of virtue and promotion of virtue; let alone using the word "old" to reduce the virtues and principles preached by the ancients into a target that hinders the liberation of individuality and the progress of modern civilization. The author transforms his concern for the world into articles of admiration for the ancient times and words of laughter and scolding, which contain deep feelings.

This book is the third part of Xu Shilin's "Hometown Trilogy". It collects Xu Shilin's prose in recent years and is divided into four major themes: "Looking Back at My Hometown for a Long Pavilion", "What Happened to the Visitor's Heart?" "A Wanderer Folds Willows in Spring" and "A Cup of Dirty Wine and a Home A Thousand Miles Away". Its content covers the art culture, customs and etiquette, local language, social commentary, etc. Of northern Shaanxi. It introduces readers to China's traditional etiquette governance system and the good customs passed down from ancient times, and provides suggestions on how to carry forward traditional culture in modern and contemporary society. The prose starts from the small things in daily life, quotes classics, and uses the wisdom of the ancients to look at the stories of today's people. The language is sharp but humorous.

The author Xu Shilin has written and accumulated a number of prose works with hometown as the theme over the years, which have been widely praised and loved. Therefore, he planned to publish this book with the theme of "Looking at Hometown". It describes the author's familiar growth environment - the local people and customs in Guanzhong, Shaanxi Province. It involves mountains and rivers geography, products and crafts, customs and etiquette, people's speech and other contents. The whole book is divided into three parts: "customs", "ethics" and "human feelings".