"Old Things in the South of the City" is an autobiographical collection of short stories by Lin, a famous female writer, with her life between the ages of seven and thirteen as the background. The first edition is 1960. Through Eiko's childlike eyes, the book keeps watch on the joys and sorrows, joys and sorrows, light sadness and heavy lovesickness of the adult world, infecting readers from generation to generation, which is her masterpiece.