his novel Rainbow (虹). In the end, Mao Dun ended this relationship and returned to his own family. List of works Mao Dun has over 100 publications throughout his life, which includes short stories, novels, theories etc. Some of his most famous works include: Short stories Wild Rose ( Ye Qiangwei (1929) The Smoke and Cloud Collection Yanyunji (1937) Novellas Disillusions Huanmie (1927) Wavering Dongyao (1927) Pursuits Zhuiqiu (1928) Three people walking, Sanrenxing (1931) The Shop Of the Lin Family Linjia Puzi (1932) Spring Silkworms, Chuncan (1932) Autumn Harvest QiuShou Novels Rainbow Hong (1930) Midnight Ziye (1933) Giving to the poet festivalXian Gei Shi Ren Jie (1946) Theories The recent works of Mao DunMao Dun Jin Zuo (1980) Mao Dun's comment on creativityMao Dun Lun Chuang Zuo (1980) Essays "Travelling Diary of USSR"Su Lian Jian Wen Lu (1948) "Talks on USSR"Ji Tan Su Lian (1949) Drama script Front and rear Pure Brightness, QianMingQianHou (1945) Translation Modern drama Russian Question (1946) Novelette Group's Son (1946) Others Works of Mao DunMao Dun Quanji (vol. 1–15, 1984–1987) Introduction to the books of Mao DunMao Dun Shujian (1st edition, collection of letters, 1984) later changed the name into Mao Dun Shuxinji (1988) Transition of female characters 1930s is a turning point of the female characters' identity in Mao Dun's works. Between the 1920s and the 1930s, which was also the early period of Mao Dun's writing career, the female characters occurring in his works mostly were in identity of “New Woman". For instance, Mrs. Gui (桂阿姨) and Qionghua (琼华) in Wild Rose (野蔷薇, 1929), Ms. Mei (梅小姐) in Rainbow (虹, 1930) However, from the 1930s, the “New Woman” characters in Mao Dun's works started to be replaced by the females who were living in traditional Chinese family. Furthermore, female characters even started to lose their own names. As in one of Mao Dun's short novels, which was released in the 1930s, Shui zaoxing (水藻行), the only female character did not even have an actual name but only be called as “Xiusheng (one of the two main male characters)'s wife (秀生妻)” in the novel. References Sources Bartleby.com article on Mao-Tun Encyclopedia.com article on Mao-Tun Yahoo Encyclopedia article on Mao-Tun Feng, Liping (April 1996). "Democracy and Elitism: The May Fourth Ideal of Literature". Modern China (Sage Publications, Inc.) 22 (2): 170–196. . . Further reading Chen, Yu-shih. Realism and Allegory in the Early Fiction of Mao