Table of contents : Contents Acknowledgments Prologue Chapter One. Introduction: Diagnosing the Complex Chapter Two. The Nobel Prize for Literature Philosophy and Practice Chapter Three. Ideas of Authorship and the Nobel Prize in China, 1900 – 1976 Chapter Four. China’s Search for a Nobel Prize in Literature, 1979 – 2000 Chapter Five. The Nobel Prize, 2000 Afterword Notes Glossary of chinese terms Bibliography Index