不如看百度百科。这本书当中的描述偶尔让我糊涂，也没有描述最难的部分。如果你有起码现代汉语的了解，你可以看一眼目录来选择项看得课文，然后去网络找到更好的描述。
In the age before pleco, 百度百科, and 百度, I can see how this book would have been a godsend. But the fact is that almost every selection in the book has a more cogent and thorough explanation on 百度。 The translations, given in English and 繁体字 are of spotty quality, and the sections that I often had the most difficulty translating into 现代汉语，lacked explanations completely. The selections, unlike the first book, do not seem to go in order of difficulty.
It’s sort of like reading an encyclopedia before Wikipedia was invented, so if you’re into that sort of thing, this would be a good book for learning ancient Chinese.