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Card: In a holiday note addressed to both Dr. Hsia and his wife Della, Zhang expresses gratitude for her new place, health, and her hope that she can catch up on her work. Zhang concludes by wishing them and their family a Happy New Year.

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Letter and Envelope: Zhang discusses with Dr. Hsia her reasons for reading some of James Henry's works as well as some of her responses to his works.

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Letter and Envelope: Zhang discusses some of her finished and unfinished pieces. She also discusses a few texts that she wishes to borrow from UCLA and inquires about accessing these texts.

Scope and Content Letter: Zhang informs Dr. Hsia of how pleased she is with Shiba Quan or 18 Springs. She goes on to say that she wants to continue to both write and research. She then mentions some texts/book lists of texts that she wishes to borrow from various locations such as UCLA, Berkeley, Stanford, and Hong Kong. Lastly, she asks about an American female author who writes about Ding Ling and the CCP. Zhang is unsure of the author's...

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Letter: Zhang expresses her feelings about the importance of Ding Ling's works and is baffled about why Ding Ling is not being researched more.

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Letter: Zhang discusses Stephen Soong's suggestion for publishing some of her works, such as "Lianhuan Tao" with Dr. Hsia.

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Letter: Zhang asks Dr. Hsia how he is feeling and dealing with his ulcer related illness. She then discusses her relationship with her new publisher.

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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.

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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.

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