| Preface | 5 |
| Ying-shih Yü | The Study of Chinese History: Retrospect and Prospect
Translated by Thomas H. C. Lee and Chun-chieh Huang | 7 |
| Liu Chih-chi | Understanding History: the Narration of Events*
Translated by Stuart H. Sargent | 27 |
| Burton Watson | Some Remarks on Early Chinese Historical Works*
| 35 |
| Ying-shih Yü | The Seating Order at the Hung Men Banquet
Translated by T. C. Tang | 49 |
| Stephen C. Soong | A Poet’s-eye View of History
Translated by Mok Wing-yin | 62 |
| Winston L. Y. Yang | From History to Fiction—the Popular Image of Kuan Yu
| 67 |
| T’Ao Ch’eng-chang | The Evolution of China’s Secret Sects and Societies
Translated by Ssu-yü Teng | 81 |
| Wang Ch’ing-Ch’eng | Hung Hsiu-ch’üan’s Early Thought and the Taiping Revolution
Translated by C. A. Curwen | 103 |
| Liang Ch’i-Ch’ao | A Biography of T’an Ssu-t’ung*
Translated by Chan Sin-wai | 139 |
| William A. Roulston | After 3,000 Years — A Scene from An Ancient Classic Comes to Life
| 151 |
| Albert G. Hess | The “Memoirs” of Li Hung-chang — the Story of a Non-translation
| 155 |
| Xiao Hong | A Remembrance of Lu Xun
Translated by Howard Goldblatt | 169 |
| Notes on Contributors | 192 |
| Chinese Texts | 195 |
