title: The Poetry of Ruan Ji and Xi Kang (Library of Chinese Humanities) (Chinese Edition)
author: Ding Xiang Warner
description: <strong>Stephen Owen</strong>, Harvard University; <strong>Wendy Swartz</strong>, Rutgers University.
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  ### BOOK
  
  
  ### OF MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE
  
  
  
  
  
  WRITINGS FROM THE MAINLAND IN THE
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## LONG TWENTIETH CENTURY
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### EDITED BY YUNTE HUANG
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _Dedicated to my father_
  
  
  
  
  
  _who taught me_
  
  
  
  
  
  _the power and perils of Chinese literature_
  
  
  
  
  
  Contents
  
  
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  below table of contents to navigate to all poems in this e-book.
  
  
  _Acknowledgments_
  
  
  _Introduction_
  
  
  PART ONE: 1911 – 1949
  
  
  _Introduction to the Republican Era_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## LU XUN
  
  
  
  
  
  Preface to _Call to Arms_
  
  
  A Madman’s Diary
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## HU SHIH
  
  
  
  
  
  The Butterflies
  
  
  Dream and Poetry
  
  
  One Smile
  
  
  To the Tune of Shengzhazi
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## GUO MORUO
  
  
  
  
  
  The Streets of Heaven
  
  
  The Sky Dog
  
  
  The Nirvana of the Feng and Huang: Prelude
  