民国时代，政权割据，群雄并存，混战不休。一时间风云际会，不仅出了众多英雄，而且还有不少枭雄、奸雄。本书为我们拉开这段历史的帷幕，将民国时期社会不同层面的代表人物展现在我们眼前，他们有缔造民国的伟人，叱咤风云的枭雄，混迹黑道的老大，文章报国的报人，激情澎湃的学生，宁死抗日的士兵......(The era of the Republic of China is featured by regime separation, coexistence of warlords and endless tangled warfare. In this turbulent era, a great number of heroes, as well as villains and careerists emerged. Raising the curtain of this phase of history, this book shows the representative figures of different levels in the society of the era of the Republic of China: there are the great men creating the Republic of China; there are the villains riding the whirlwind; there are the heads unworthily occupying a place in the gangland; there are the newspapermen serving the country worthily by articles; there are the passionate students; there are the anti-Japanese soldiers, who would die rather than surrender...)