[1][2][3][4][5] Ye published her first short stories A Couple of Things (夫妻间的小风波) and Seven Cents (七角钱) when she was 13 years old.
She published her short stories Xuemei and Me (我和雪梅), Love Thy Neighbours (两家亲) and Fenghuang A'jiao (凤凰阿娇) in East Sea (东海).
[1][2] From 1966 to 1976, during the Cultural Revolution, Ye published her short story When The Monthly Plan Was Finished (当月计划完成的时候) in the Literature and Art Works (文艺作品选).
[1][2] In 1980, Ye wrote the short stories Xinxiang (心香), The Cane Chair (藤椅) and The Chinese Forget-Me-Not (毋忘草).
[1][2] From 1990 to 1995, Ye published novels Wumenggu (无梦谷), Wuweichuan (无桅船) and Wuyoushu (无忧树).