全书共分两部分，上部读历史品百味人生探究了成语典故的出处，以及在历史故事中这些历史名人的处事方式和人生态度。下部读历史悟生活更是遴选了古今中外的一些具有代表性的历史事件，表达了一个人所应该具有的品格是怎样的。 （ The whole book is divided into two parts. The first part is about reading history and tasting various lives, which explores origin of proverbs and idioms and their stories of dealing with affairs and attitude towards life of these eminent persons in history stories. The second part is about reading history and understanding life, which selects representative historical events at all times and in all over the world and expresses character and moral that one should have. )