At the age of 74, Shantung native Wang Kuan-ying has achieved his lifelong ambition. Although during the past 20 years, he has spent most of his working hours collecting garbage, he has in fact built up something of great value- -a literary treasure for the young people of Taiwan.
人活著，總得有個理想，或者有個正確的目標，支持我們紮紮實實地向前走去，使我們的性靈逐漸提昇，日趨美善和高貴。王貫英原是我們社會裡一個平凡的小人物，可是他立下了不平凡的志向，盡自己能力所及，以艱難的「廢物興學」作為幾十年奮鬥的目標。