Compassion involves four parts. The first part comprises a number of proses in search of lost time, embodying a strong sense of compassion. The second part includes 60 micro stories that depict the life of today’s people of all classes. The third part entitled Pingwai Xutan collects the author’s recent study results of the Golden Lotus. The fourth part consists of some prefaces he wrote. Compassion is a kind of feeling. The author writes these emotional pieces in a compassionate manner as a comfort for readers. In a keen and gentle tone, he recollects old friends and bygones, focuses on realities and common people, and shares his study of A Dream of Red Mansions and Golden Lotus as well as his interactions with readers and media. A manifestation of the literary skills and charisma of Liu, “a marathon runner in literary writing”, the book is suitable for the mass literary enthusiasts.