Preface to the first collection of short stories, call to arms / Lu Xun - A madman's diary / Lu Xun - Kong Yiji / Lu Xun - A posthumous son / Ye Shaojun - Sinking / Yu Dafu -Spring silkworms / Mao Dun - An old and established name / Lao She - Xiaoxiao / Shen Congwen - The night of midautumn festival / Ling Shuhua - The steelyard / Lai He - Dog / Ba Jin - One evening in the rainy season / Shi Zhecun - Midautumn festival / Zhang Tianyi - When I was in Xia village / Ding Ling - Young master gets his tonic / Wu Zuxiang -Hands / Xiao Hong - Sealed off / Zhang Ailing -The doctor's mother / Wu Zhuoliu - A visit to his excellency: a five-minute movie / Wang Ruowang - My kid brother Kangxiong / Chen Yingzhen - Winter nights / Bai Xianyong - The fish / Huang Chunming - An oxcart for a dowry / Wang Zhenhe - Yan'an seeds / Hua Tong - Curvaceous dolls / Li Ang - Wrong number / Liu Yichang - A Tail / Wang Zengqi - Small-hands Chen / Wang Zengqi - Tales of new cathay: disputatiasis the upholder of unity little little little little little right to the heart of the matter / Wang Meng - The tunnel / Chen Ruoxi - A woman like me / Xi Xi - Tales of Taipei: A lover's ear empty seat cat not seen / Yuan Qiongqiong - Electing a thief / Li Rui - Hut on the mountain / Can Xue - The accident / Gao Xingjian - The leader's demise / Han Shaogong - A story / Chen Cun - Dogshit food / Liu Heng - Iron Child / Mo Yan - Fin de Siecle Splendor / Zhu Tianwen - Lucky worries about his country / Zhang Dachun - Redeeming a painting / Zheng Qingwen - Octday / Tie Ning -On the road at eighteen / Yu Hua - Escape / Su Tong - Letters from Montmarte / Qiu Miaojin - Granny / Wang Anyi - Fish! / Alai - born at the wrong time / Chun Sue.