In the form of the documentary literature, this book realistically and vividly narrates the story of a life scientist with passion for seeds. Zhong Yang, the hero in the book, was the dean of the Graduate School and professor of the School of Life Science of Fudan University, having engaged in scientific research and teaching of botany and bio-information study for over 30 years. Cherishing the ideal of serving the country with science and technology, he had long been dedicating himself to the research and protection of bio-diversity, leading a team in having collected tens of millions of plant seeds on Qinghai-Tibert plateau for the national seed-bank. At the same time, he worked so hard for bringing up people to become talents in areas inhabited by minority nationalities in western China.