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Although the meta-narrative of the unique process and the ultimate goal of human society has lost attention in post-industrial society. Social behavior at different levels still rely on consensus and common habitus of members. In most social activity field, the transfer of knowledge and mutual understanding often depend on the construction of narration. Such kind of narration of basic concepts and categories can be regarded as "meta-narrative" inside the social field. Such kind of "meta-narrative" is no longer a discourse of power that simply serves to support or oppose the legitimacy of the current social system, but is more closely related to the experience of individuals. This "meta-narrative" that everyone can express shows common cognitive foundations and collaborative norms in social activities. It's multi-dimensional and has a more free and variable meaning space. The traditional meta-narrative topic is still active in the discourse of microscopic social fields, especially in the literary and artistic creation. The content of contemporary works under those topics is not only influenced by the norm of traditional meta-narrative and artistic forms, but also by history, culture, social system, value of the times, public news, and common experiences of members. Under the topic of "Chinese narrative of heroism", this research selects students to pick the hero characters in history, literature, film or cartoon works that influenced them most. Related typical narratives will be deconstructed and compared, so as to find "meta-narrative" of "qualified hero" and value basis in the youths. We also analyzed features of Chinese narrative of heroes. The conclusion provides a narrative model and a number of feasible methods to organize heroic story with values and culture conscious in art works and educations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]