¹ This is speaking of the situation in general in 1937. As a matter of fact, novels dealing with Japanese invasion in the north-east were written and published in the early 1930s. The most successful of this group, namely, Chun, Hsiao's Village in August (Pa-yueh te Hsiang-ts'un, 1935)Google Scholar, had a tremendous influence on later writers of war stories. However, in the autumn of 1937, when all-out war suddenly confronted the people, it caught most writers unprepared.

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²² Shuo Yüeh ch'üan chuan, popular Ching edition of the story of the Sung General Yueh Fei.

²³ Birch, Cyril, “Fiction of the Yenan Period,” The China Quarterly, No. 4, 10–12 1960, p. 11.Google Scholar

²⁴ Yang-chia-chiang Yen-i, a story of the military careers of the Sung General Yang Yeh and his sons.