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Lu Xun

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born

September 25, 1881 in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China

died

October 19, 1936

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male

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Lu Hsün, was the pen name of Zhou Shuren is one of the major Chinese writers of the 20th century. Considered by many to be the founder of modern Chinese literature, he wrote in baihua (白話) (the vernacular) as well as classical Chinese. Lu Xun was a short story writer, editor, translator, critic, essayist and poet. In the 1930s he became the titular head of the Chinese League of Left-Wing Writers in Shanghai.

Lu Xun's works exerted a very substantial influence after the May Fourth Movement to such a point that he was lionized by the Communist regime after 1949. Mao Zedong himself was a lifelong admirer of Lu Xun's works. Though sympathetic to the ideals of the Left, Lu Xun never actually joined the Chinese Communist Party. Lu Xun's works are...more

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Books by Lu Xun

Average rating: 3.92 · 684 ratings · 61 reviews · 49 distinct works

	Diary of a Madman and Other Stories by Lu Xun, William A. Lyell (Translator) 4.00 avg rating — 270 ratings — published 1918 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The True Story of Ah Q 3.75 avg rating — 230 ratings — published 1980 — 16 editions	My rating:
	Selected Stories of Lu Hsun by Xun Lu, Lu Xun 3.79 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 1972 — 15 editions	My rating:
	Call to Arms 4.05 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The New-Year Sacrifice and Other Stories 3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2002	My rating:
	The Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China: The Complete Fiction of Lu Xun by Lu Xun, Julia Lovell 3.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Old Tales Retold 3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1976 — 4 editions	My rating:
	呐喊 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Wandering 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Lu Xun

“I thought: hope cannot be said to exist, nor can it be said not to exist. It is just like roads across the earth. For actually the earth had no roads to begin with, but when many men pass one way, a road is made.”
― Lu Xun

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“With the weight of four thousand years of cannibalism bearing down upon me, even if I was once innocent how can I now face real humans?”
― Lu Xun

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“A woman has so many parts to her body, life is very hard indeed.”
― Lu Xun

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