Letter: Zhang relays to Dr. Hsia some of her conversation with Stephen Soong regarding her publishing contract. She provides various reasons for not being completely satisfied with the publisher. She concludes by asking Dr. Hsia, when his health is restored, to send her a letter.

Letter: Zhang expresses interest in Dr. Hsia's jury duty and tries to guess what type of case he will be a juror on. She asks him if he will have to cut off contact with the outside world. Zhang informs Dr. Hsia that she is occupied with writing Xiao Tuan Yuan and has already written half of the novel. Lastly, Zhang mentions to Dr. Hsia that Wenxue de Qiantu did not arrive in time for her to look at the text.

Letter: Zhang discusses Chuangshiji and informs Dr. Hsia that her copy of Wenji still has not arrived in the mail.

Card: In the holiday card, Zhang expresses delight in receiving a letter from Dr. Hsia and family. She goes on to discuss a version of Dream of the Red Chamber that she has.

Letter: Zhang expresses thanks to Dr. Hsia for a news article from China Times that he sent in his previous letter to her. Zhang is happy to read that Qing Zhongshu (Chinese literary scholar, subject of article) is still alive and speaks highly of his works. She also discusses a recent letter from Soong where he talks about his trip to mainland China.

Letter: Zhang discusses Little Reunion (Xiao Tuan Yuan) and her delight that she has written 18,000 characters! She also mentions that she will send Dr. Hsia a copy before it is published.