Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. The Hold of History 1
5. Learning to Be Red and Expert 12
6. The Thirty-Six Stratagems 30
7. Hidden Messages 39
8. Ox Ghosts and Snake Spirits 50
9. Winds and Waves 60
10. The Degenerate and the Worn Shoe 67
11. The Red, the Black, and the In-Between 76
12. Smashing the Four Olds 85
13. Cleaning Our Own Nest 95
14. Picking Up the Pieces 99
15. Rebels and Royalists 102
16. Going to See the Great Helmsman 112
17. Sending Off the Monsters 124
18. Defending the Mountain Devil 126
19. The Carpenter-Spy 132
20. Reply from a Socialist-Roader 138
21. On the Road 143
22. Rocks Down the Well 154
23. A Long March, by Hook or Crook 160
24. Spring Festival Visitors 173
25. The Capless Official 183
26. Smears and Skirmishes 187
27. Spring Buds 194
28. Arrival of the Cadets 200
29. The Grand Alliance 206
30. Uncommon Laughter 216
31. Victory Fish 223
32. The First Martyr 233
33. Summons by Subterfuge 243
34. Storming the Enemy Stronghold 248
35. Spies in the Marketplace 253
36. Family Skeletons 258
37. Playing with Fire 261
38. The Obstinacy of Truth 265
39. On the Run 270
40. From Victors to Vanquished 282
41. Living in Limbo 291
42. Class Brothers Take Revenge 296
43. The Radiance of the Setting Sun 305
44. Three Loyalties and Four Boundless Loves 315
45. Hostage for a Hobby 324
46. The Twelve-Force Typhoon 330
47. The Irretrievable Past 341
48. The Way Out 349
49. Postscript 355
50. Appendix A. Biographical Notes 365
51. Appendix B Glossary 370