"Largely, the author of the book explains all kinds of historical documents and paintings in Song Dynasty, and in this way he reveals that Song Dynasty was the dynasty of the most civilization and modernization in the feudal historical stage in China according to the four aspects: life, society, economy and law and politics. As the result of this, he is able to refute the traditional arguments that Song Dynasty was poor and feeble and it was the highest point of imperial authority. He proves that Song Dynasty is a dynasty of civilization.The author does not only deal with daily trifles, such as nightlife, vulgar life, recreational activities of the noblemen, fine foods, holidays and even bathing, tooth-brushing, weather forecasting as well as the stirring scenes, all of which were composed of urbanization, welfare facilities, academies of classical learning, local traits and so on, but also strictly and carefully analyze the matters of the beginning of the historical change from the period of feudalism to capitalist times. Consequently, the judgments of some historians that Song Dynasty was poor and feeble and really-good-for nothing have been criticized since the book was published.This is the beginning of recognition of Song Dynasty and of Chinese history as well. "

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".