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This book is a collection of essays by artist Yang Daoli, which follows the previously published "The Tao Also Has the Tao" and contains more than 100 articles totaling about 180,000 words. This book records what the author has seen, heard, and thought in social activities in recent years. The author has unique insights, smooth logic, and is able to discern details and write with flavor. Some of the manuscripts have been published in columns of newspapers such as Dalian Daily and Dalian Evening News, and have many "fans" among readers. In the book, the author walks into the theater, immerses himself in movies and TV shows, reads new books, chews classics, and records his impressions; he writes about worldly feelings, social anecdotes, old friends and new friends, encounters with couples, and writes in columns. Reading this book is an artistic enjoyment for readers.

This is a true story of creating a miracle in life. Near the World Trade Center in New York, there is a Chinese-American family. With the birth of their youngest son, Kang Pei, in April 1977, this very happy family had to deal with death every day. Kang Pei is a patient with "tetralogy of Fallot". In the history of medicine, no case of this disease has lived beyond the age of two. But Kang Pei is still alive today. He continues to write science fiction stories, and uses his own experiences and insights to enthusiastically counsel and assist many friends who feel that their lives are miserable. However, Kangpei was not a disabled person in the traditional sense, nor was he born noble. His life contains entanglements of joys and sorrows, love entanglements, and an incredible life-and-death relationship with several dogs. Kang Pei's father, Kang Haishan, is a member of the powerful middle class in today's American society. He is also a son of nature who has an epiphany with the rhythm of destiny. That kind of spiritual state where the heart is as calm as water between sorrow and joy, and the coming and going between life and death is natural and full of tension. During the interview with the Kang family, the author changed from an obtrusive interviewer to a participant in some lives; from a strange writer, he was coerced, integrated into it, and became a co-existing person in some lives. While readers "follow Kang Pei" with ease and interest, they can also get a glimpse of some of the real ecology and vitality of Chinese Americans.