"Shanshang de xiaowu" (Chinese: 山上的小屋) was first published in the 8th issue of Renmin wenxue (People's Literature) in August 1985. It is not only Can Xue's masterpiece, but also one of the masterpieces of avant-garde short stories that appeared in the mid-1980s in Chinese literature.It was then reprinted in Taiwan and translated into at least four English versions. The four English versions are * "The Hut on the Hill", tr. Michael S. Duke, Renditions, nos. 27-28 (Autumn, 1987), and reprinted in Worlds of Modern Chinese Fiction, Michael S. Duke ed., (Armonk: M. E. Sharpe, Inc., 1990) * "The Mountain Cabin", tr. Mei Zhong, Chinese Literature: Fiction, Poetry, Art, (Beijing, Summer, 1989) * "The Hut on the Mountain", trs. Jian Zhang and Ronald R. Janssen, in Dialogues in Paradise, Ronald R. Janssen and Jian Zhang trs., (Evanston:Northwestern University Press, 1989). * "Hut on the Mountain", tr. Zhong Ming. in Formations 3, 3, (Winter 1987). (en)