Set in a typical, old Beijing teahouse, this drama follows the lives of the owner and his customers through three stages of modern Chinese history spanning 50 years
Zweisprachige Reihe in moderner chinesischer Literatur Reihe
Diese Reihe erforscht den Reichtum und die Nuancen der modernen chinesischen Literatur durch eine kuratierte Auswahl von Werken. Sie bietet Einblicke in die vielfältigen Stimmen und Stile, die die chinesische Literaturszene prägen. Leser können in Erzählungen eintauchen, die gesellschaftliche Umwälzungen und kulturelle Entwicklungen in China widerspiegeln. Jeder Band bietet eine einzigartige literarische Reise.


Mao Dun published both of these short stories, "The Shop of the Lin Family" and "Spring Silkworms, " in 1932. The first tells the story of a shop selling foreign goods in a small town in China, which Zhu Ziqing considers the best work written by Mao Dun. The second is about a silk weaver, Old Tong Bao, who takes very good care of his silkworms, until the armed conflicts caused by the Japanese in Shanghai in 1932 ruined his business. The stories are available here for the first time in traditional Chinese characters.