Preface
Acknowledgments
Chronology of Major Events
Introduction: Painting by Candlelight in Mao's China
Part One Cartoonists
1. Ding Cong's True Story of the Outcast Ah Q
2. Feng Zikai Protests the Giant Hedge Cutters
Part Two Academy Painters and a President
3. Li Keran's Luminous Path through Mountains
4. Li Kuchan's Eagle Gazes Far
5. Huang Yongyu's Eye Talk
6. Pan Tianshou's Nocturne for a Plum Tree
Part Three Communist Idealist Shi Lu
7. Inside the Secret Notebook
8. At Cliff 's Edge
9. From Trauma to Recovery
Conclusion
Appendix: Poems from Shi Lu's Secret Notebook, ca. 1973-75
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
