The book is very interesting to read and also is a must-read for those who wish to learn The Analects of Confucius and Chinese culture.

This is an interesting book for reading and learning about the origin and stories of Chinese characters.

Capturing the nature of Qu poems of the Yuan Dynasty, using annotations and translation, the author helps readers easily reach the spiritual world of Qu. Meanwhile, the readers also can get the atmosphere of life style in the Yuan Dynasty.

The book is a wonderful tour of the most famous classic novels in China, which are Journey to the West, The Golden Lotus and A Dream of Red Mansions, therefore the author selects one theme word from the each of the three novels' names and entitles it Journey to a Golden Dream. From this book, you can not only get to know different characters of the novels from the author's unique viewpoint, but also have a look at the portrait of ancient Chinese society and its worldly wisdom from the author's keen insight into humanity and Chinese classics.