This book is the latest collection of essays by Ye Kuangzheng, a famous cultural scholar, poet and columnist. It contains more than 80 of his recently published cultural essays in four series: "e;Cultural Accidents"e;, "e;Traditional Mirroring"e;, "e;Historical Distillation"e; and "e;Intellectual Tension"e;. The author is sharp and active in thought, unique in perspective, and refined in language. He expresses the author''s views and thoughts on culture, tradition, history, and intelligence in a fluent style, which is very enlightening.