We have compiled some of the best works of Lu Xun, Hu Shi, Zhu Ziqing, Zhou Zuoren, and Lin Yutang into this edition of the Capturing Chinese series. Reading these five revolutionary Chinese authors are essential for a comprehensive understanding of Chinese history and culture.
The following stories are included:
Zhu Ziqing: Haste, Spring, The Silhouette of His Back, The Moonlit Lotus Pond, The White Man — God’s Proud Son and Thinking of Mr. Wei Woqing
Lu Xun: Excerpts from Wild Grass: Epigraph, Autumn Night, Hope, and The Evolution of the Male Sex
Hu Shi: Mr. Almost Man, My Mother, and In Memory of Zhimo
Lin Yutang: My Turn at Quitting Smoking
Zhou Zuoren: The Aging of Ghosts
As always, enjoy these prose and poems with:
- Original Text in Simplified Chinese
- Pinyin for the Entire Text
- Author Introductions
- Story introductions
- Footnotes Detailing Historical Places, People, and Definitions
- Author Illustrations
- Audio Files of the Story Read by Both a Female and Male Native Chinese Speaker
