Part One Personal Background 1903-1929

 1 Hazy Memories

Poem: Grandfather Reminisces

Poem: Winter Near Laredo, 1909

Poem: My Father Died Too Soon

 2 Traveling North

 3 My Aunt end Her Husband

 4 Early Religious Influences

 5 Decision to Go to China

Part Two Getting to China 1930-1936

 6 China Before 1949

 7 Early Days in China

 8 A Medley of incidents Abroad

Crazy Foreigners

Near Escape

How Rich Is the English Language

Wanted

Language of Love

Awkward Situation

Part Three Northwest Diary: Journey from Chengtu to Yenan 1939

 9 Northwest Diary

Introduction

A Long End-Run Around the Japanese

Stopover in Sian

Marshall Yen Hsi-shan's Headquarters

The Shansi War Front

Yenan at Last

Afterword

Part Four Szechuan Years 1938-1945

 10 Chengtu Days

 11 The Puzzled Householder

Poem: In Early Spring the Earth Awakes

 12 Bombs and Other Hazards

Poem:Suddenly on Mr, Omei

 13 Tea, Snakes, Toboggans, and Salt

Poem: Climbing Hua-shan

 14 Summer Projects and a Mystery

Poem: West from Chengtu

Poem: Tibetan Border

 15 Christmas: Chengtu 1944

 16 India, and End of War

Part Five Nanking and Tribulations 1948-1951

 17 China, 1948-1950: The Atmosphere Changes

 18 Korean War Affects China

 19 Anti-American Sentiment Increases

 20 Public Accusations

Interlude: Christmas 1950

 21 Writing Confessions

Poem: Later Return to Nanking 1980

 22 Christian Universities

Part Six Hong Kong Years 1954-1972

 23 Chain Reaction

 24 Hang Kong Vignettes

Freedom

The Loan

Cure in Canton

Joy, Poverty, and Generosity

Epilogue

Appendix Religion in China

 The Religions of China: A Brief Look

 Christians in China

 Post-1949 Chinese Policy Toward Religion

《芮陶庵中国生活回忆录(英文版)(精)》作者芮陶庵先生为美国传教士、金陵大学神学教授，在20世纪30年代至70年代，长居中国，足迹遍布江苏、四川、陕西、香港等地，主要在高等学府从事教育工作。本书即其关于中国经历的回忆录。在文中，作者按照年代，详细叙述了他在中国的所见所闻，行文中流露出其对中国的友善立场和喜爱之情。