本书共33个部分，作者用扎实的史料、通俗风趣的语言和大量珍贵历史图片，将官场政治、帝王心术、社会风气、道德观念之中的曲折、幽隐、计谋、惊悚、权变一一揭示出来。(This book is consisted of 33 parts, and with the solid historical data, popular humorous language, and a large number of precious pictures, the tortuosity, seclusion, trickery, horror, and contingency of the officialdom politics, imperial calculations, social ethos, and moral values are all unveiled to you.)