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1、Lu Xun mirror of China,Lu Xun is honoured by the people as the soul of the Chinese nation .While commemorating Lu Xun First Death Anniversary ,Chairman Mao called him the sage of modern China.,Brief Introduction,Lu Xun, pen name of Zhou Shuren, was considered the most influential Chinese writer of t

2、he 20th century and is seen as the founder of modern baihua. His social thought, which substantially criticized traditional cultural values, was also highly influential in 20th century Chinese history, in particular, to the May Fourth Movement and the strains of thought it gave rise to, which in tur

3、n had a great impact on the Chinese communist movement and the rise of the Peoples Republic of China. He was also a noted translator and helped introduce Chinese to modern international literature.,Life and Works,Childhood,After a case of bribery was exposed - in which Zhou Fuqing tried to procure a

4、n office for his son, Lu Xuns father, Zhou Boyi - the family fortunes declined. Meanwhile, young Zhou Shuren was brought up by an elderly servant Ah Chang in the countryside.He regarded the simple and honest relationship with the rural children as the happiest memory in his life.,Adolescence,His fat

5、hers chronic illness and eventual death from tuberculosis, persuaded Zhou to study medicine. Distrusting traditional Chinese medicine which failed to cure his father, he went abroad to pursue a Western medical degree at Sendai Medical Academy ,Japan, in 1904.,Sendai,At the school he struck up a clos

6、e student-mentor relationship with lecturer Fujino Genkurou,Lu Xun would recall his mentor respectfully and affectionately in an essay Mr Fujino in the memoirs in Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk. (Incidentally, Fujino would repay the respect with an obituary essay on Lu Xuns death, in 1937.) However,

7、in March 1906, Lu Xun abruptly terminated his pursuit of the degree and left the college.,One day after class, one of his Japanese instructors screened a lantern slide documenting .Lu Xun was shocked by the complete apathy of the Chinese onlookers after he saw the imminent execution of an alleged Ch

8、inese spy during the Russo-Japanese War ; He decided it was more important to cure his compatriots spiritual ills rather than their physical diseases. He gave up completing his medical education at Sendai.,Career,Lu Xun is typically regarded as the most influential Chinese writer who was associated

9、with the May Fourth Movement. He produced harsh criticism of social problems in China, particularly in his analysis of the Chinese national character.,A Madmans Diary (Kuangren Riji),In May 1918, Lu Xun used this pen name for the first time and published the first major baihua short story . It was a

10、 scathing criticism of outdated Chinese traditions and feudalism which was metaphorically gnawing at the Chinese like cannibalism.,The True Story of Ah Q,It is a short episodic novella. In the novella, the idea China really needed was what he called medicine of the spirit, which might mean modernize

11、d education and the resulting changes of social habits, is well expressed in an inverted fashion. By presenting the poor living status of masses in China on both material and mental levels, the author tried to make people aware of the gruesome reality facing the Chinese common people. The novella al

12、so strongly criticised the alleged historic-cultural burden of China, which was formed by the long history of absolute authority of the feudalist order.,Lu Xuns acclaimed short fiction appeared in three collections between the years 1923 and 1935. He also produced sixteen volumes of essays, reminisc

13、ences, prose poetry, historical tales, some sixty classical-style poems, a dozen volumes of scholarly research, and numerous translations. Lu Xun never wrote a novel.,Lu Xun spirit,His militancy .He was a great steadfast tree, Once he saw a political destination clearly ,he strove to reach it, never

14、 surrendering or compromising half way. He educated the young writers who followed him. He taught them to fight resolutely, to be vanguards, and to find their own way .,His readiness to sacrifice himself, completely fearless of enemy intimidation and persecution and utterly unmoved by enemy enticeme

15、nt. Lu Hsun was an absolute realist, always uncompromising, always determined.,Lu Hsun emerged from the decaying feudal society. He used his sardonic, humorous, and sharp pen to depict the force of the dark and rotten society .He was really an accomplished painter. All his life he fought for truth and freedom from the standpoint of the proletariat and national liberation.,We commemorate him not only because he wrote well, becoming a great literary figure, but also because he was a vanguard for national liberation and gave tremendous help to the revolution .,THE END,