"This is an interesting book dealing with the elegant demeanor and graceful bearing in Song Dynasty. Having the aid of the combination of Song pictures, historical documents and the positive result of the post-research, the author reveals all the aspects of people’s daily life in Song Dynasty, full of vim and vigor, showing the social ethos and the spirit of time.The book is divided into six parts in its edition, the first part tells about Song people’s daily life; the second, Song people’s fined playing and cultivated taste; the third, the social condition; the fourth, the public facilities; the fifth, the commercial prosperity; the last, the communicative protocol. The successive achievements in the book depend on the good treatment of hundreds of Song Pictures and paintings, and at the same time from a few pictures and paintings of the dynasties of Tang, Ming and Qing. Between each other of them, they were made fair comparisons."

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".