This book is written by Institute of Chinese Characters, Beijing Language and Culture University. It is divided into 8 chapters, which respectively discusses issues on "Chinese characters and culture", "research on ancient Chinese characters", "teaching and research of Chinese characters". Most writers are renowned experts or scholars in the field of teaching and research of Chinese characters. It has a precise and measured style and verified argument, reflecting from multiple angles the hot issues and research findings in this field.

Ms. Wang Ning was born in July 1936. She was graduated from School of Chinese Language and Literature, Beijing Normal University in 1958 and is now the Professor of Chinese Department of Beijing Normal University and Supervisor of PhD candidates. Ms. Luo Weidong is the Professor of School of Humanities, Beijing Language and Culture University.