本书汇总了中国千年的文明史，是对历史智慧的发掘、思考和提炼，书中选取了历史中大量的人物或事件，讲述了那些栩栩如生的人物，如卧薪尝胆、负重偷生的勾践，口蜜腹剑的李林甫，委曲求全的吕不韦等，从先哲们的人生中汲取历史经验和生存智慧。（Collecting thousands years of Chinese civilization history, this book is evacuation, thought and refinement of historical wisdom. It selects abundant of historical personages and events, narrates those lifelike characters like Goujian who underwent self-imposed hardship and leaded a life bearing his shame, Li Linpu who had a cruel heart under the cover of sugar-coated words, Lv Buwei who stooped to comprise, etc, and draws historical experiences and wisdom of living through the lives of sages.）