A classic short story exploring societal oppression and human cruelty.
A rural girl with discolored hands faces discrimination and isolation.
As guns and railways arrive in China, the old spear master Sha Zilong closes his escort agency and won't teach his famous technique to anyone.
A seventeen-year-old boy, recovering from illness, struggles with his desire for independence.
A tale of a family's pet rabbits that reveals life's unseen cruelty.
A man reflects on how cutting his hair brought ridicule and rejection.
Trapped indoors by rain, a young novelist spirals through anxiety and pride.
Lu Xun goes back to his village to sell the family house, and finds that Runtu, his boyhood friend, has been worn down into a stranger who calls him 'Master'.
In the bitter cold of a Beijing winter, a self-absorbed man witnesses a simple yet profound act of kindness.