No. 40 (Autumn 1993)
| Contents | |
| v | EDITORS' PAGE |
| ANECDOTES | |
| 83 | LIU YIQING: New Talk of the Town: excerpts (translated by Eugene Eoyang) |
| 95 | JI YUN: Random Jottings from the Cottage of Close Scrutiny: excerpts (translated by Leo Tak-hung Chan) |
| DRAMA | |
| 10 | RUAN DACHENG: Three Scenes from The Swallow Letter (translated by Cyril Birch) |
| FICTION | |
| 61 | LI BOYUAN: Modern Times — A Brief History of Enlightenment: excerpts (translated by Douglas Lancashire) |
| 32 | SHI NAIAN: The Marshes of Mount Liang: excerpts (translated by John and Alex Dent-Young) |
| ARTICLES | |
| 1 | CYRIL BIRCH: Bigamy Unabashed: Ruan Dacheng's Comic Masterpiece, The Swallow Letter |
| 103 | D.E. POLLARD: H.A. Giles and His Translations |
| 122 | Notes on Authors |
| 123 | Notes on Contributors |
| 124 | Books Received |
| 125 | Index |