Abstract
Abstract In 1959, novelist Lee Chiao (1934 - ) published his first short story. For the next 40 years up to 1999, he had written 188 short stories totally. From the point of his creative peak in 1977, the year he started writing novels, one may divide his works into three periods: Two periods in his first twenty years, and the third period for his next twenty years. For the 68 short stories published by Lee Chiao during the first period mentioned above, the main setting of these stories are in Lee Chiao’s hometown Fantsai Forest. Most of the characters are people living around him. The themes of the stories are mostly about characters' plights with life and their rebellions against harsh living condition. The 78 short stories published in the second period is his creative prime period. The man against the odds theme in his first period had been changed to the theme of social awareness, and the form of his writing had been changed also. He focused more on social events, uncovering the human's struggles against unfair society. For his third period, Lee Chiao devoted his energy to novels, however, during the same period, 36 short stories had been published. In these stories, his main focuses are nation and cultural conflict. The government in power has become his target of the rebellion theme. “The Rebellions Came from Life, The Resistances Are for Life” is the key point of his writing during the past forty years. This thesis takes the aim of the researching upon the philosophy of rebellion exploring in the 188 short stories. To research the life philosophy and the thread of thought in those articles, textual analysis had been taken.