"Song Dynasty was a prosperous dynasty full of human cultural activities in economy and society though it was weak in national power and troops. The reason why it was such a brilliant dynasty is that it possessed a complete actionable political system. That is the conclusion made by the author of this book.Twenty-five allusions from classical works presented to the author’s daughter telling about all sorts of political systems in Song Dynasty including the politics of benevolence, modesty of the governmental administration, word admonishment from people, civil official, mass discussion, imperial examination, political democracy, governmental amiability and case-trying within the independence of law. All these politically display the achievements of the civilization in Song Dynasty the author provides us with an vivid and expressive answer to the social phenomenon of being prosperous and turning into a decline in Song Dynasty in the analysis of the political power. "

Wu Gou, a researcher of Song history, a well-known historical writer. Over the years, he has devoted himself to the study of Song Dynasty civilization, advocating "telling the Chinese story well" and "rediscovering the Song Dynasty". His major works include “Elegant Song dynasty, the visible civilization”, “Understanding Song dynasty- a history book for his daughter”,“Song dynasty—the daybreak time at the moment.”"Song Renzong: The Era of Co-governance" and many other works. Among them, the book “Elegant Song dynasty,”, which introduced the social life of the Song Dynasty with many pictures and texts, received rave reviews after its publication, and won many awards including CCTV's "2018 China Good Book".