The Complete Works of Lu Xun's Novels

Chapter 1 Preface
Lu Xun is a great modern Chinese writer, thinker and revolutionist, and one of the important founders of modern Chinese literature. His spirit is called the soul of the Chinese nation.

Lu Xun wrote three novels in his life: "Scream", "Wandering", and "A New Story", a total of 33 novels.Although there are not many works, they are of great significance. In 1918, Lu Xun published his first vernacular novel, Diary of a Madman.This is also the earliest modern vernacular novel in China.In the article, by describing the "madman" cannibalism, he denounced the feudal autocracy in China for thousands of years as a history of "cannibalism", questioned the backward, stagnant, and sick old society, and severely criticized the feudal ethics, which is really an example of revolutionary thought. Pioneer works.After "Diary of a Madman", Lu Xun published many novels one after another.

Lu Xun's novels mostly describe the daily life and spiritual conditions of the people at the bottom of the society, revealing the distortion of the soul of the Chinese people at that time, and mocking the selfishness, indifference and insult and discrimination of the people at the bottom of the society at that time.His novels are good at using irony, and the language is humorous, sonorous, powerful, and thought-provoking.In addition to "Diary of a Madman", "The True Story of Ah Q", "Kong Yiji" and "Hometown" are also his masterpieces.Lu Xun believed that in order to change the fate of the Chinese nation, the spirit of the Chinese people must first be changed. Therefore, he changed his intention three times, and finally abandoned medicine and devoted himself to literature.

Lu Xun's articles are good at using small characters to reflect the real society, and using small stories to satirize real events. Shout out, all of which reflect his peak literary level.

This book compiles all of Mr. Lu Xun's novels into a collection, and tries our best to present the whole picture of Lu Xun's novels for readers. Since the usage of some words and punctuation at that time is different from that of the present, we respect history and original works. Choose the good and follow.Hope to present to readers a true, rich and complete novel of Lu Xun.

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