Chinese Short Stories by Revolutionary Authors: Part 1

Six engaging short stories by six different authors provide enriching literature for Chinese language students.

Read Chinese literature with detailed footnotes, pinyin, author and story summaries all while listening to professionally created audio files. Capturing Chinese provides the ultimate learning tool for breaking away from textbook stories and breaking into engaging Chinese literature.

Put down your dictionary, pick up your copy of Capturing Chinese and enjoy yourself some Chinese literature. Footnotes highlight the more difficult vocabulary and pinyin is provided for the entire text. Historical events, people, and places are explained throughout and illustrations recreate the scenes.

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Explore these six different authors and their stories:

• Ling Shuhuaprovides a woman's perspective during the May Fourth movement inThe Night of Mid-Autumn Festival.
• Lai He provides his perspective of Taiwan during the Japanese occupation inThe Steelyard.
• Mao Dundepicts some of the problems facing rural China in his most famous story,Spring Silkworms.
• Shen Congwenuses a basic story to show how rural customs inhibit modernization in his story,Xiaoxiao.
• Yu Dafutakes his readers to Japan, where he himself spent time as a student.Yu Dafu's frank depiction of sexual urges inSinkingshocked the readers of his day.
• Lao Sheillustrates the changing times in Beijing in his short story,An Old and Established Name.