CalltoArms

版 次 2009年6月第1版 2012年6月第2次印刷 书 号 ISBN 978-7-5447-0898-2 Contents ■ Preface to Call to Arms ■ A Madman's Diary ■ Kong Yiji ■ Medicine ■ Tomorrow ■ A Small Incident ■ The Story of Hair ■ Storm in a Teacup ■ My Old Home ■ The True Story of Ah Q ■ The Double Fifth Festival ■ The White Light ■ The Rabbits and the Cat ■ The Comedy of the Ducks ■ Village Opera ■ Preface to Call to Arms When I was young I, too, had many dreams. Most of them I later forgot, but I see nothing in this to regret. For although recalling the past may bring happiness, at times it cannot but bring loneliness, and what is the point of clinging in spirit to lonely bygone days? However, my trouble is that I cannot forget completely, and these stories stem from those things which I have been unable to forget. For more than four years I frequented, almost daily, a pawnshop and pharmacy. I cannot remember how old I was at the time, but the pharmacy counter was exactly my height and that in the pawnshop twice my height. I used to hand clothes and trinkets up to the counter twice my height, then take the money given me with contempt to the counter my own height to buy ......