Storm in a Teacup () is a short story by Lu Xun, the founder of modern Chinese literature. Originally published in September 1920 in the journal "New Youth" (新青年), it was later included in his first collection of short stories, "A Call to Arms" (吶喊). A Chinese boatman hears news of the abortive Manchu Restoration of July 1917 and fears that he will be executed as he had abandoned the queue after the fall of the Qing dynasty. At the same time his neighbour, who has kept his, exults.