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    Lu Xun (Lu Hsun) ()

    Lu Xun (Lu Hsun) was the pen name of Zhou Shuren. Lu is widely regarded as one of modern China&#;s most prominent and influential writers. His work promoted radical change through criticism of antiquated cultural values and repressive social customs.

    Zhou was born into a poor family. His father was unable to provide for the family and he died during Zhou&#;s teenage years. Zhou&#;s mother was well-educated and she encouraged in his studies. Zhou demonstrated a keen intellect early in life. He studied at the Jiangnan Naval Academy, the School of Railways and Mines in Nanjing and the Medical College at Sendai in Japan. During the course of his studies, he became acquainted with social movements aimed at reforming and reshaping Chinese society.

    During the course of Zhou&#;s political and intellectual development, he concluded that a &#;literary movement&#; was needed to build awareness and incite action amongst the oppressed. As early as , he decided to publi

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    Lu Xun
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    Eileen J. Cheng
    • LAST REVIEWED: 21 March
    • LAST MODIFIED: 21 March
    • DOI: /obo/

  • Chou, Eva Shan. Memory, Violence, Queues: Lu Xun Interprets China. Ann Arbor, MI: Association for Asian Studies,

    Examines three key political periods and personal episodes in Lu Xun’s life—cutting off his queue, the monarchic restoration of Zhang Xun, and the execution of five young members of the League of Left-Wing writers (“the Five Martyrs”). Combines historical background with analysis of his fiction, essays, classical-style poems.

  • Davies, Gloria. Lu Xun’s Revolution: Writing at a Time of Violence. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press,

    DOI: /harvard

    Scholarly biography focuses on the last decade of Lu Xun’s life in Shanghai after his leftist vända. Examines his relationships with various literary groups and in particular, his polemical essays (zawen) written in later life.

  • Denton, Kirk A. “Lu Xun Biography.” MCLC Reso

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    Lu Xun: China's Greatest Modern Writer

    Lu Xun (or Lu Hsun, pronounced "Lu Shun"; ) has been considered China's greatest modern writer for most of the 20th century. Many of the other authors of fictional works of social criticism popular during the s and s have been at least partially discredited or criticized during the various political movements in China since , but Lu Xun's reputation has remained consistently distinguished. Mao Zedong () called him "commander of China's cultural revolution."

    Perhaps it was because Lu Xun died relatively early in the Communist movement that he has not been criticized for making the kinds of political "errors" for which his colleagues have suffered. But the sophisticated complexity of his writing style, which lends itself to various interpretations, is also an important factor in his achievement of a position of preeminence. Though he was an influential essayist, Lu Xun is best known for his short stories. Chinese