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Carrie, an 18-year-old country girl, took a train to Chicago to find a better life. She met salesman Duluwe on the train. After arriving in Chicago, she couldn't bear the hard life in the factory, so she lived with Duluwe and met the hotel manager Hurst Wood through him. Hurstwood became obsessed with her and the two became lovers. Hurstwood's affair with a woman outside aroused his wife's suspicion, and his wife wanted to retaliate against him by divorcing him. In order to get Carrie completely, Hurstwood stole 10,000 yuan in cash from the hotel cabinet and eloped with Carrie. After settling in New York, Hurstwood was unable to be as successful as before, and his situation became worse and worse. He fell into unemployment and eventually became a beggar and committed suicide; while Carrie left him after getting an acting job in the theater and became a popular actor, but she was not happy.

Maupassant is one of the world's leading short story masters. The publication of "Ball de Suif" in 1880 made him famous in one fell swoop. The story has also become a classic in the history of world literature. The author compares "Ball of Suet", a prostitute who is at the bottom of society and is discriminated against, with all kinds of sanctimonious so-called upper-class figures, fully showing the former's beautiful soul with a strong sense of justice and compassion and the latter's extremely selfish, shameless and ugly soul. This book collects more than 30 fine works such as "Ball of Suet".

The novel mainly describes what happened during the period when French Cardinal Richelieu became Prime Minister in 1624 to when he attacked and occupied the city of La Rochelle, the main base of the Huguenots in 1628. In order to help King Louis XIII, Richelieu tried every means to seize the Queen's ambiguous relationship with the British Prime Minister, the Duke of Buckingham. Out of justice, the protagonist d'Artagnan and his friends the three musketeers broke through the many traps set by the archbishop to rescue the queen, and finally saved the queen's reputation. The adventures of d'Artagnan and the three musketeers are vivid and fascinating in Dumas's writing.

"Beautiful Friend" is the masterpiece of Maupassant's novels. Duroy, a junior officer of the French colonial army in Algeria, was bold, ruthless and cruel. He broke into Paris on his own with his good looks, and was introduced by a friend to work as a reporter for "La Vie Française." The novel reveals the emptiness, debauchery, and depravity of the upper class society, shows the shamelessness of bourgeois politicians, exposes the dark inside story of the political world and the press, and strongly criticizes the dark social reality.

"Nana" was chosen by the entertainment theater manager, and her starring role in "Blonde Venus" was a success. Men from Paris's upper class fell under her skirt. She was successively supported by the banker Steine ​​and the queen's attendant Count Mifa. She became a popular socialite in Paris, eating up the money of the men who pursued her, making them bankrupt one by one. Some even died in hell. She eventually died of smallpox, just as the Second Empire was about to collapse in the Franco-Prussian War. The rise and fall of Nana's life became a portrayal of the corrupt and degenerate society of the Second Empire.

This collection of Shakespeare's tragedies, translated by Zhu Shenghao, has selected passages including "Occidental", "Hamlet", "Othello", "Romeo and Juliet" and "King Lear". These tragic works represent Shakespeare's most outstanding achievements and profoundly depict the tragedy of human nature and the destiny of mankind. In terms of the depth and breadth of the social and psychological issues raised in these tragedies, or in terms of the richness of their ideas and the delicacy and profundity of their character descriptions, they are among the greatest works of world literature.

"Lily of the Valley" is one of Balzac's best novels and a shining pearl in the treasure house of French literature. The novel describes the young aristocrat Felix's pursuit of Countess Morserve. The countess's husband is violent and her family life lacks joy. His intervention caused her emotional turmoil. She endured the inner pain and remained faithful to her husband. Felix later went to Paris, unable to withstand the temptation of the noble lady Miss Dietrich, and fell in love. When the countess learned of this, she was devastated and regarded death as a gift from God. This is a sad and touching love song. In the story that happened in the castle, we can see the changing times. The influence of the Hundred Days Coup, the changes in the palace, the exile life of the old nobles, the fortune of the young nobles in Paris, etc., Are all deeply marked by the times.

"Selected Poems of Lermontov" talks about how Lermontov created a lot of artistic wealth for mankind in his short life: more than 400 lyric poems, 25 long poems and two long poem fragments, three novels and two novellas, five plays and others. The era of tsarist tyranny in which he lived is gone forever, but his spiritual character of reflecting the people's wishes at the cost of his life and his artistic achievements of recreating historical reality with his original style have been recorded in history.

"Colonel Chabe - Selected Novels and Novels by Balzac" is a collection of Balzac's short stories and short stories, including "The Cat Ball Shop", "Gobusek", "Double Family", "Colonel Chabe", "The Abandoned Woman", "The Atheist at Mass" and "The Privacy of the Princesse de Cardignan".

The short stories and novellas selected in this book are all masterpieces of Hoffmann. Among them, the novella "Miss Scoudeli" is set in Paris during the reign of Louis XIV in the 17th century. It tells a bizarre story about an eccentric artist. It was hailed by some critics as "the first important detective novel" in German literature and had a certain influence on future generations of such novels. "Beautiful Mandala" tells a bizarre marriage and love story of a young college student. "Cousin's Corner Window" is a conversational novel about an episode in the life of a seriously ill, quadriplegic writer in his twilight years. "The Golden Vase" and "The Legend of Zack the Dwarf" are both artistic fairy tales. The former uses a humorous style to describe how a college student escapes from the depressing philistine environment and escapes to a whimsical and wonderful kingdom; the latter criticizes the current social ills and the corruption of the feudal court through the experience of a character who has no real talent and only knows how to cheat and bluff. It is Hoffmann's most cherished masterpiece and the most important satirical work of the German Romantics.

This book is the author's masterpiece, marking the peak of Hoffmann's creation and an excellent work of German Romanticism. The novel consists of two parts: a biography of Tomcat Moore and a biography of bandleader Kreisler. Starting from the needs of satire, Moore's biography imitates the so-called development novels about the protagonist's growth process such as Goethe's "Wilhelm Meister", and uses a self-narrative mode to describe the growth experience of a well-educated tomcat who likes to dance and write. The biography of Kreisler records a rough life path of a talented artist, whose life path has the shadow of the author himself. Judging from the title of the novel, the former is the main body of the work. In fact, the latter is the core of the novel. The form is loose, but the theme is consistent. They both deal with the relationship between artists and society.

The washerwoman Qilvis gave birth to two sons by the shoemaker Lantier when she was a minor. He was later abandoned and married to Coupeau, a house builder. After Coupeau suffered a work injury, he went in and out of the small hotel all day long. Soon, Kirvis began to drink too much and fell into depression. In the end, Coupeau died of a stroke in the lunatic asylum after drinking, and Kirvis also died in the black hole at the bottom of the stairs.

"Thérèse Lacan" is a novel by Zola. It describes a woman, Thérèse, who meets and has a passionate collision with a young man, Laurent, after marrying her aunt's son, Camille. Thérèse had affairs with her lover again and again, and because she could not get married, she murdered her frail, dull husband Camille. In order to escape the horrific hallucinations after the murder, the man and woman finally chose to commit suicide by taking poison.

Zweig's works are good at meticulous character characterization and description of personal experiences and souls under strange fate. He is especially good at insight into women's inner activities in the torment of passion. This book contains more than twenty famous short stories, such as "The Story of a Woman's Enforcement", "The Invisible Collection", "The Death of a Heart", etc.

"The Abbey of Parma" is another important novel by Stendhal. The protagonist Fabrizio won the love of his aunt since he was a child, and after growing up to be a handsome young man, he won the favor of many women; he returned to Parma from the Waterloo battlefield, and after becoming the vice-bishop, he met a heroine, accidentally killed the heroine's lover, and was forced to flee to Bologna. When he was bored, he met the female singer Fausta, and staged a farce-style affair...

Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870), a famous French popular historical novelist. "Twenty Years Later" is one of his major works. Twenty years have passed since the story told in "The Three Musketeers". Although the first two of Dartagnan, Porthos, Athos and Aramis worked for Prime Minister Mazarin during the Fronde movement in Paris, and the latter two sided with the Fronde, and the two sides could not cooperate, they were still as loyal to friendship and closely united as before. They jointly rescued King Charles I at the critical moment, and then defeated Mazarin's conspiracy. The plots are interlocking, with ups and downs, tension and twists. At the same time, through a series of dangerous encounters, the characters of the old musketeers have become increasingly distinctive in the writer's writing.

"The Temptation of Saint Anthony" is a novel with a dramatic form, narrating the legendary story of the medieval hermit Saint Anthony who was tempted by the devil.

Faust is a scholar who is over fifty years old. In order to explore the mysteries of life and self, he tirelessly pursues knowledge, hoping to devote himself to the universe and nature through books and feel all the pain and joy in the world. Suddenly, he discovered that the knowledge he had been pursuing tirelessly over the years had no effect or significance. His study was dark and narrow, hindering his communication with the natural world. He became angry, cursed the world and everything around him, and even thought of ending his life to get rid of the pain of unfulfilled desires.

"Doctor Atul·Season 2" has rising doctor-patient disputes, unexplained sexual harassment, troublesome medical accidents, high medical expenses, unequal income... When the novice doctor Atul becomes the sole Dr. Gawende, when medical skills are far from being able to solve the problem, how will he and his fellow doctors face it? What challenges await him next? The most authentic story of "the benevolence of doctors" is now unfolding.

The Mansfield family has been harassed by the "Lord of Chaos" for centuries. The "Lord of Chaos" is an ancient Christmas custom, a king of mischief elected by young people who wears strange costumes, masks and bells all over his body. But one year, the 'King of Chaos' named 'Peter York' accidentally drowned in the cold lake. His ghost exacts revenge: Over the next several Christmases, members of the Mansfield family often die mysteriously. Centuries later, the Mansfield family had all but forgotten this nightmare. But the "Lord of Chaos" returns, and two villagers and Charles Mansfield's adopted son all die under mysterious circumstances. The most surprising thing is: there are no footprints on the snow, and the murderer seems to be a ghost who never touches the ground. It's Christmas again, and tragedy seems to be happening again. A woman close to the Mansfield family turns to Owen Burns for help. Can the aesthetic detective quell the "Lord of Chaos"?

Many years have passed, and people say that old things can be buried, but I finally understand that this is wrong, because the past will crawl back up on its own. Looking back, I realize that for the past twenty-six years I have been peering down that deserted trail. Amir, a 12-year-old Afghan boy from a wealthy family, and his servant Hassan are brothers. However, after a kite competition, a tragic thing happened. Amir felt remorse and pain for his cowardice and forced Hassan to leave. Soon, he fled to the United States with his father.

Hesse is often mentioned for his novels and is famous throughout the world for his novels. But he is also an excellent poet and essayist. Most of these essays record his observations and thoughts on history and society. "Pilgrim's Song" is a prose chapter selected by the translator Xie Yingying from the complete works of Hesse. It includes childhood memories, thoughts on the war, letters to relatives and friends, miscellaneous conversations about relocation, and memories of the old place and old age. All of them are inseparable from the perception of life. Not only does it allow us to fully understand Hesse as a person, but it also purifies our souls by revealing his heart, thoughts, joys, sorrows, and even indignation.

Hesse's collection of essays includes "Wanderings", "Life in Autumn", and his autobiographical notes "The Spa Guest", which were introduced to Chinese readers for the first time. "The Spa Guest" is a little-known little-known book among Hesse's works. It tells the story of Hesse's stay in Baden for treatment due to sciatica in his later years. Unlike Hesse's other works, this article can be called the funniest Hesse. The optimistic humor and speculation about individuals, life, and nature displayed in the midst of illness and pain will deeply touch people's hearts.

Madero, a seventeen-year-old Mexican law student, loves poetry and often skips classes to participate in poetry class discussions. There he met Bellano and Lima, who regarded themselves as instinctive realist poets. They hang out with other poets and artists, debate poetry in bars, and have plenty of marijuana, alcohol, and sex. The spiritual leader of the school of poetry, the poetess Tina Jero, is said to have disappeared many years ago in the Sonora Desert north of Mexico City. Partly for their ideals and partly to avoid their enemies, they decided to go deep into the desert to search for her traces, accompanied by the prostitute Lupe.

"The Last Night on Earth" consists of fourteen stories. The protagonist of most of the stories is B: a Chilean exile who wanders aimlessly in South America and Europe. It connects the stories of other people of his generation. Almost all of them are a generation of people who have been disillusioned in their exile life, struggling on the edge and trapped in nightmares. These people are like in a dream, constantly changing their images, names or backgrounds in different stories. Critics generally believe that Bolaño's proficiency in short stories is comparable to that of Kafka and Borges.

Pasternak inherited the great lyric tradition of Russian poetry, and also incorporated the poetic techniques of Symbolism, Acmeism and Futurism, eventually becoming a unique lyrical master. Pasternak's poems were a little obscure in the early days, but later they turned sad and hard, and in his later years they had a strange brightness. His poetry collections mainly include "Crossing the Barrier", "Life, My Sister", "Theme and Variations", "The Second Birth", etc. This collection of poems contains nearly 100 poems by Pasternak from various periods, giving a complete overview of Pasternak's poetry creation.

This book is a collection of essays written by the Japanese calligrapher, ceramicist, cook and food writer Kitaoji Rashanto (1883-1959). It focuses on the articles he wrote over the years about food. Lushan people not only know how to eat and are good at cooking, but also have a high degree of aesthetic appreciation. His famous saying is:

"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", formerly known as "The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms", is my country's first full-length historical romance novel in vernacular. It is an epic work describing political and military events. It embodies the wisdom and wisdom of the people and incorporates the author Luo Guanzhong's observation and experience of the peasant uprising war in the late Yuan Dynasty. Therefore, "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" not only runs through the Confucian worldview of actively engaging with the world, but also contains strategic and strategic thoughts in politics, military, diplomacy and other aspects, shining with the light of wisdom. People can learn political science, diplomacy, military science, decision-making, talent science and other aspects of knowledge from it. Since its publication at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, it has been deeply loved by people and is respected as one of the four famous novels of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in my country.

The characteristics of Edgar Allan Poe's novels are "elevating the funny to the grotesque, the terrible to the horror, the wit to the mockery, and the strange to the weird and mysterious." In order to achieve this effect, he always crafted and constructed cleverly in his creations. In subjects such as abnormal psychology, the horror of death, and resurrection from the dead, he used this method to heighten the atmosphere and make readers feel a thrilling and strong horror effect. They are concerned with associations with the beauty, joy and cruelty of death at its highest level. The protagonists of the story are all shrouded in the shadow of death. They are seriously ill and unable to escape.

"Gone with the Wind" is a work that American female writer Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949) worked on for ten years. It can be regarded as a classic love masterpiece. The novel is set against the backdrop of the American Civil War. The main line of the novel is the love-hate relationship between the strong and willful manor lady Scarlett and several men. Along with it are major changes in society and history, and the disappearance of everything familiar in the past... "Gone with the Wind" is not only a swan song of human love, but also a grand historical picture that reflects the huge and profound changes in many aspects of social politics, economy, and morality.

With his unique vision, clear thinking and slightly ironic realism style, the author of this book interprets and restores the British Empire, taking us into each historical scene to gain an in-depth understanding of the past of the British Empire's global expansion and its profound impact on today's world and even the future. Any reader who wants to understand the history of the British Empire and the origin and development of today's world structure cannot miss this book.

Yan Laoba stood in his apple orchard, staring at the spring that no longer flowed with eyes like a dead sheep. The sun shone brightly under the mountain screen, and his head drooped along with the apple leaves. The cicada didn't seem to know how to feel sad. It grinned, flapped its sensational wings, and screamed desperately. He picked up a stone on the ground and hit it hard on the fruit tree where the cicadas were noisy, "Fuck you, I'll make you howl!" The cicadas flew around like their heads were covered, and the rebounded stone happened to hit Zhu Houqiu who was squatting under the fruit tree to urinate. "I'm really angry. As soon as I peeed, the land guy licked it all up." Zhu Houqiu and Yan Laoba chatted. When her own Zhuanzhu came back and said that the spring on Yanlao Bashu Mountain was no longer filled with water, she put down her work and trotted over.

John Toland, editor of "The Long Battle: A Revised Edition of the Korean War through American Eyes". Why did the Korean War happen? The Korean War, which the United States failed to win for the first time, left a bitter political legacy for the United States. It also accelerated the pace of rearmament in Europe, greatly increased military budgets, and set a dangerous precedent for the U. S. President to direct an undeclared war without constitutional approval during police operations. This book attempts to provide insights into many controversial issues. Was Truman correct in believing that the Soviet Union and the Chinese Communist Party conspired to orchestrate the war? Are historians' recent assertions that the United States instigated and encouraged the South Korean puppets to launch this war consistent with the facts? Was Truman justified in insisting on voluntary repatriation of prisoners of war? Is it true that the Chinese Communist Party has been claiming that the United States has engaged in biological warfare? Were captured American pilots brainwashed into admitting they dropped germ bombs? *In the end, was this battle worth fighting?

The "extraordinary periods" described in the novel include the First World War, the February and October revolutions, the civil war, the struggle against sabotage, banditry and petty bourgeoisie, the fight back against party opposition, and the industrialization stage of the country. These events formed the characters and psychology of the protagonists in the book, and also had a significant impact on the fate of these people who were forming new social relationships.

The British Empire in Darwin's eyes was not only created by kings and conquerors but also by the ambition and enterprising spirit of countless individuals. These people include businessmen, investors, immigrants, missionaries, etc. It is their various interests and demands that together form a complex relationship in which each has its own agenda. It was these pioneers or colonists who left Britain and went to various countries around the world who shaped the world in their vastly different ways: getting involved in the politics of each continent, laying the political model for modern countries, cultural migration based on their mother tongue, and the penetration and spread of various technologies and values... Why did such a great empire not continue to prosper or was it never truly established? There are so many native English-speaking people living in every corner of the world, controlling economic and political entities of different natures, but why are their ideological differences so great and even at odds with each other? Was the British Empire in history the destroyer of culture or the creator of global integration? What profound impact did it have on then, now and in the future? From the blazing ambition to dominate the world to the helpless disillusionment of the imperial dream, this book takes us into each historical scene to gain an in-depth understanding of the past of the British Empire's global expansion and its profound impact on today's world and even the future.

"Traditional Chinese Poetry and Poetics (Symbols of the World)" is the first non-systematic poetry theory masterpiece written by the famous American sinologist Yuwen Suoan after ten years of research on the literary history of "Poetry of the Early Tang" and "Poetry of the Prosperous Tang". Although the original book was published earlier, many of the literary concepts he later developed can still be seen in it. In "Traditional Chinese Poetry and Poetics (Symbols of the World)", Yuwen Suo'an put forward the important proposition of China's "non-fiction" poetic tradition and made a comprehensive analysis and discussion. To paraphrase Feronosa's discovery that Chinese characters are the ideal language of poetry, it can be said that Yu Wensuo'an discovered that Chinese poetry in the tradition of non-fiction poetry is ideal poetry, which comes from the diversity of nature and is a subversion of poetry in the Western literary tradition as the second nature created by divine poets. To read Chinese poetry, one must give up the concept of analyzing poetry as a language structure, and instead dwell in the context of contemporary poetry and listen to the true voice.

This translation is adapted from the first novel "Adam Bede" by George Eliot, a famous British female writer in the 19th century. The translator tried to adopt a literal translation method during the translation process, striving to reflect the cultural information of the original book, while also trying to consider the acceptability of Chinese readers.

Mr. Haruna is gentle and serious, like an obedient but shy big child. But his wife, the writer Yaoko Irie, was the opposite, cheerful and talkative. She told me that last year she published a long historical novel "My Name is Elizabeth - The Life of the Wife of the Emperor of (Puppet) Manchukuo" based on the Wanrong of the Empress of (Puppet) Manchukuo. In less than two years, it was republished ten times and won the 8th Shinda Jiro Prize for Literature. Now I am preparing to write a novel about Puyi's fourth wife, Li Yuqin. I plan to go to Changchun for on-the-spot interviews, hoping to get assistance from the Chinese Writers Association.

It is said to be the lovesickness of the distant sea, or the sadness of the lonely autumn. I cannot tell you your name, so let me keep this secret tightly! What can make a weather-beaten woman throb again? It must be just that: innocence. Yes, although she is twenty-nine years old and has been married once, there is no doubt that she is just like a twenty-year-old girl, still waiting for the romance that may come: drinking wine late at night, traveling to the polar regions, at an uninhabited station, they got lost, and then set up a small red clay stove to cook tea and listen to poetry. Everything can only be a fantasy. In such a realistic city, men are busy making money, and women are also busy making money. Men want to make money to develop their careers, and women want to make money to dress themselves up.

The Histories written by Herodotus is the first historical masterpiece in the West. It focuses on the Greco-Persian War and narrates a large number of historical events and materials. In fact, it became an "investigation and research report" on the history and culture of various peoples in the world that the Greeks knew at that time. The whole book takes the relationship between Greeks and foreigners as the main line, describing the geographical environment, ethnic distribution, economic life, political system, historical events, customs, religious beliefs, places of interest, etc. In Lydia, Media, Babylon, Egypt, Persia, India, Scythia, Libya and the Greek Aegean Sea region.

"The Conquest of Granada" is an important work by Washington Irving, the father of American literature. From the word "conquer", it is not difficult for readers to know that this is a historical story about war. This war cannot and should not be forgotten. Like other major wars in the world, it has greatly affected the development process of mankind. Understanding them will inevitably have a beneficial effect on our development today and in the future. This is the positive significance of history. Of course, this significance requires us to summarize and analyze it. The history of the war written by Owen is conveyed to readers through storytelling, which makes the work more vivid and reaches a wider audience - thus making the history of this war familiar to more people. In addition, Owen is a famous novelist and a good storyteller, so "The Conquest of Granada" shows the brilliance and charm of literature.

On the European continent, there has long been a confrontational relationship between France and Germany. Russia was growing in power, the Ottoman Empire was on the verge of disintegration, and the world outside of Europe seemed to be falling apart. Although Berlin was called the Athens of the world at that time, Germany was panicked by Russia's rapid development. Germany, which competed with Britain for global supremacy, established a completely unnecessary navy in the early 20th century that was directed at British ports. It was in this relationship between countries that the Sarajevo incident started the First World War. Europe in 1914 was like a colossus that everyone admired. Four years later, the continent faced catastrophic fragmentation from economy to society, from life to dreams. In this book, "A Brief History of World War I: The Illusion of Empire," Norman Stone changed the historical professional writing method that was mainly based on analysis to narrative. With novel and unique insights, he concisely and clearly outlines "World War I", the most important and complex topic of the twentieth century.

"The Old Regime and the Great Revolution" explores the fact that when the original feudal system collapsed, the French Revolution failed to bring about the expected results of the revolution. As a result, conflicts between the rulers and the people became public and social unrest intensified. The author Tocqueville profoundly explores the many contradictions and problems behind the French Revolution from the aspects of social structure, religious power, political system, revolutionary situation, world power structure, political tendencies, etc., And comprehensively demonstrates the huge effect of the French Revolution in world history.

As far as I know, no one has ever seen bees searching for a home in the woods. However, they undoubtedly start looking for a new home before or on the day of grouping. All bees are wild bees and cannot be domesticated, which means that the instinct to return to nature and once again occupy their wild home in the woods never fades. Year after year of life on the apiary seems to have had no appreciable effect on their permanent final acclimation. The intention of each new swarm to migrate to the woods seems to be established by the fact that they will only come out on good days favorable to a colony like themselves, and that, after the bees have taken flight, a passing cloud or a sudden gust of wind will usually drive them back to the parent nest.

The white light of the Four Frozen Pillars Soul Leaving Man's spell transmission dissipated. Feng Shiyu opened his eyes and felt something strange on the soles of his feet. He looked down and instantly broke into a cold sweat! It turned out that he was standing on a transparent ice chain as thick as an arm, surrounded by a vast white mist. It was unknown where it extended in front of the ice chain, and it was unknown where it extended behind it, but there was unfathomable darkness underneath. The ice chain was already too slippery to hold, and after bearing the weight, it swayed in the cold air. No matter how daring Feng Shiyu was, he was so frightened that he screamed and fell down when his body tilted. Below was an abyss. He closed his eyes tightly, listening to the howling wind in his ears, and thought desperately in his mind: This time he will definitely die! At the critical moment of life and death, I suddenly heard a faint voice mixed with the wind, as if calling his name...

Shi Nianzi Village is a small village at the foot of Tribulus Mountain. To get to the nearest town, you need to walk thirty miles of mountain road. The palm-sized mountain depression is home to about a dozen households with a population of over a hundred people. They usually plow fields, grow vegetables, raise chickens and feed ducks. They work at sunrise and rest at sunset. They are barely self-sufficient. The two wooden houses of Feng Shiyu's family were built a little far away from the village, on a low slope at the foot of the mountain, making it easier to go into the mountains for hunting and collecting herbs. On this day, as usual, he packed his bow, arrows, bamboo basket, and carried a machete on his waist. When he opened the firewood door, his half-blind father was groping for chaff to feed the chickens in the corner of the yard. "I'm leaving, dad. After feeding, remember to circle the chickens so that they don't let the chickens get through the fence and escape." "Don't worry, they can't escape. Your dad is blind but not blind."

Here is a true portrayal of the life of CIA officials: the espionage and counterintelligence training they received, and the battle of wits with Soviet spies, FBI agents, etc.; It reveals in depth the "Berlin Tunnel" incident that humiliated the United States, the Bay of Pigs incident and the resulting Cuban Missile Crisis, and even provides an in-depth explanation of Castro's various conspiracies to subvert and the assassination of President Kennedy; it particularly shows the political entanglements between the CIA, the FBI, the Department of Justice, and the State Department.

I had the honor to visit the Palace Museum in Beijing in the early autumn of 2006. Entering from Tiananmen, you will face Duanmen. The dictionary explains that "Duanmen" refers to the south main entrance of the palace. Why is the south main gate of the palace also called Duanmen? This comes from the ancients' understanding of celestial bodies and their imagination of the relationship between heaven and man. In order to deify the imperial power, palace buildings in the past dynasties all used these understandings and imaginations as the design concepts. The same is naturally true for the construction of the Forbidden City. The three-layer structure of the palace city, the imperial city and the capital city symbolizes the three walls of Ziwei, Taiwei and Tianshi. Ziwei Yuan (North Pole) is located in the center, surrounded by stars, and remains unchanged forever. It is considered to be the residence of the Emperor of Heaven. The palace city on the ground is located in the center, which reflects that the emperor, as the "Son of Heaven", has his imperial power entrusted to the sky and is supreme. Its position corresponds to Ziwei Yuan where the Emperor of Heaven lives, and the Forbidden City got its name from this. Taiwei Yuan is located in the south of Ziwei Yuan. "Book of Jin Astronomical Records" says: "Taiwei is the court of the emperor", and the space between the two stars of Nanfan is called Duanmen. It can be seen that the end gate of the palace corresponds to the end gate in the star position.

A Tibetan knife modified from a bayonet, one elbow long, like an ice pick, shining with cold light, it looks very delicate, as if it has been made with a lot of effort. When you bought that knife, I was sleeping in my balcony greenhouse. When I woke up, you were already standing in front of me. Like a victorious hero, you proudly and proudly held the shining knife in front of me, narrowed your eyes, and said with a smile, I finally have a good knife. I nodded and said nothing because I wasn't completely awake yet. After a few minutes, you added, "I bought a knife. Look, it's beautiful, isn't it? But I don't know what it is used for." I rubbed my sleepy eyes and threw it to you casually, "It's for eating meat." You chuckled, nodded repeatedly, hung the knife solemnly on your waist, and patted it.