本书采撷历史趣闻轶事，揭秘人性美丑善恶，展现社会风云变幻，感悟人间世事沧桑。它以普及历史文化知识为旨趣，成大众休闲阅读之美。全书分为八章：先秦时代、秦汉时期、三国两晋南北朝、隋唐时期、宋朝、元朝、明朝和清朝。本书不是趣闻轶事的大杂烩，而是有思路的分析，系统的总结、归纳。另外，我们还精心设计了"趣味链接"，以提高读者兴趣，增加读者的扩展知识。Historical anecdotes are collected in the book, revealing beauty, ugliness, good and evil in humanity and displaying social changes so that readers can experience vicissitudes in life. The book targets at popularizing history and culture and it can be read for leisure for the public. The book is divided into eight chapters: the Pre-Qin era, the Qin-Han Dynasties, the period of Three Kingdoms, Two Jins and the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Sui-Tang Dynasties, the Song Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. It is not a collection of anecdotes but of analysis full of ideas and systematic summary and induction. In addition, "interesting links" are designed with effort to increase readers' interest and expand their knowledge.