本书是鲁迅文学奖获奖作家穆涛为青少年读者量身打造的经典散文读本，旨在以中英双语的形式向世界传播中华优秀传统文化。文章重趣味、善用典，语尽而意不尽，以磅礴大气的文字评古察今，处处闪现着作者难能可贵的儒雅和心忧天下的人性光华。

文化是有血有肉的
Culture has Blood and Flesh
坐船和吃饭
Sitting on a Boat and Eating
内涵
Connotations
局限
Limits
道理
Truth
表面的东西
Superficial Things
“儒”这个字
The Chinese Character for “Confucian”
内装修
Interior Decorating
身体器官的服务员
The Servers within the Organs of the Human Body
回头看
Turning to Look Back
文明人
Civilised People
去欲的态度
Extirpating Desire
心中贼
Thieves in the Heart
代价与成本
Price and Cost
立场与观念
Positions and Ideas
会说话
Knowing How to Talk
玉皇大帝住什么房子
What Kind of House Did the Jade Emperor Live in
写散文要说人话
To Write a Prose is To Say Human Words
言者无罪：中国早期的民意调查
Blame Not the Speaker: The Early Opinion Poll in China