A Confucian childhood -- Revolution -- Lords of misrule -- A ferment of 'isms' -- The comintern takes charge -- Events leading to the Horse Day incident and its bloody aftermath -- Out of the barrel of a gun -- Futian : loss of innocence -- Chairman of the republic -- In search of the grey dragon : the long march north -- Yan'an interlude : the philosopher is king -- Paper tigers -- The sorcerer's apprentice -- Musings on immortality -- Cataclysm -- Things fall apart.
