This book selects 13 short stories of Wang Meng, including Taiyuan, Along the Causeway in Spring and Across the Six Bridges, Chamber Music: In Three Movements, The Eye of the Night, That Summer's Portrait, The Purple Silk Doublet at the Bottom of the Wooden Trunk, The Spirit of the Grape, The Divine Bird, The Flash of the Bell, That's Me, A Dream of the Ocean, Zhangzhang, Each Exotic Bloom the Occasion for Further Sorrows.

The translator presents the characteristics of Wang Meng's short stories and the Chinese culture contained in them in exquisite and authentic English, which not only provides a readable and understandable translation for the readers who use English as the source language, but also provides an opportunity for the readers who want to learn English to make language progress.