The intricacy of a farmer or the innocence of an intellectual, the cunningness of a white-collar or the character of a laid-off female worker could all be discerned through certain details.

• 农民的复杂和知识分子的单纯,白领的狡猾和下岗女工的德行,都能从细节上甄别出某种做人的基本质地。