Samayoi

Introduction to Chapter 2
Lu Xun (1881~1936), originally named Zhou Zhangshou, later changed his name to Zhou Shuren, with the word Yushan, and later changed to Yucai.Originally from Henan, he moved to Shaoxing, Zhejiang, where Lu Xun was born.When he published his first vernacular novel "Diary of a Madman" (May 1918), he began to use "Lu Xun" as his pen name.His works are mainly novels and essays. His representative works include: the collection of novels "Scream", "Wandering", "New Stories", etc., the collection of essays "Picking Up Flowers in the Morning" (formerly known as "Revisiting the Past"), "Wild Grass" , Essay collections "Grave", "Hot Wind", "Hua Gai Ji", "Hua Gai Ji Sequel", "Nanqiangbei Diao Ji", "San Xian Ji", "Two Hearts Ji", "Just Ji", "Qijieting Essays" and so on.

Lu Xun used his pen as a weapon and fought all his life. He was hailed as the "national soul" and the banner of modern literature.Mao Zedong commented that he was the leader of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. "Heng eyebrows coldly pointed at thousands of men, bowed their heads willingly as a willing ox" is the portrayal of Mr. Lu Xun's life.

"Wandering" was written in the period when the new culture camp was divided after the "May [-]th" Movement.It turns out that those who participated in the New Culture Movement "some retired, some promoted, and some advanced." Xinwenyuan, Ping An old battlefield, there are two more than one soldier, and the lotus halberd wanders alone." This is the origin of the title of "Wandering".He quoted the poem "Li Sao" on the title page of "Wandering": "The road is long and long, and I will search up and down."

"Wandering" runs through the care for the peasants and intellectuals who live under the heavy pressure of feudal forces, "sorrow their misfortune" and "angry them indisputable". The artistic skills of "Wandering" are "sophisticated"-the profound historical picture, the narration of the fate of the characters permeated with emotion, the line drawing methods of "drawing eyes" and "drawing the soul", and the plump characters all have very typical meanings.

Dozens of Lu Xun's novels, prose, poems, and essays (firsts) were selected into Chinese textbooks for middle and primary schools.It has become a well-known artistic image, such as the novels "Blessing" and "The True Story of Ah Q", which have been adapted into movies successively.Lu Xun museums and memorial halls have been successively established in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xiamen and other places. At the same time, his works have been translated into more than 50 languages ​​such as English, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, French and German, and have a large number of readers all over the world.

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