My stories have no twists and turns as exciting as Columus’, which, if written down, could easily become something like Qijuzhu, a whole record of daily trifles/ daily activities. But how could I do that, since I am neither emperor nor star. Nevertheless, I often feel I am driven to write. This drive comes from/ is stimulated/ fueled by the outside. I would like to give you an example. In 2005, I was excavating ancient cemeteries in Shidiyuan village, Hu town, Longyou county, Zhejiang Province, to facilitate the electrification of Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway. Local journalists came to interview me, but they did not care about the excavation, all their questions were about the cultural relics we dug out