Chapter 1 What Is Folk Literature?.- Chapter 2 Ancient Ballads.- Chapter 3 Folk Literature in the Han Dynasty.- Chapter 4 Folk Songs in the Six Dynasties.- Chapter 5 Odes and Songs in the Tang Dynasty.- Chapter 6 Bianwen, a Popular Form of Literature in the Tang Dynasty.- Chapter 7 Zajuci, a Popular Literary Form in the Song and Jin Periods.- Chapter 8 Guzici and Zhugongdiao, Popular Literary Forms Featured with Singing and Saying.- Chapter 9 Sanqu, A Type of Verse in the Yuan Dynasty.- Chapter 10 Folk Songs in the Ming Dynasty.- Chapter 11 Baojuan, a Literary Form Featured with Story-telling and Singing.- Chapter 12 Tanci, a Literary Form Featured with Story-telling to the Accompaniment of Stringed Instrument.- Chapter 13 Guci and Zidishu, Popular Literary Forms in the Ming and Qing Dynasties .- Chapter 14 Folk Songs in the Qing Dynasty.- Academical Chronology of Zheng Zhenduo.- Zheng Zhenduo and His History of Chinese Folk Literature.