From Zhou Shuren to Lu Xun

Author: Zhang Yongquan
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: In the history of Lu Xun studies in China, the new era has undoubtedly achieved the most glorious results. This is marked by the efforts of numerous researchers who finally restored a genuine thinker, Lu Xun. Of course, researchers have not ignored Lu Xun as an objective literary figure, but it is precisely through his literary creations that people discovered the profound thoughts he had on the survival and development of the Chinese people, recognizing that he was not a typical literary figure but an intellectual who emerged through literature. His significant role in the development of Chinese history lay more in his thoughts than in his literature. This book was first published in 2001, and the revised and supplemented version is now being published again for readers. The reason Lu Xun is Lu Xun lies in his unprecedented unique understanding and profound critique of traditional culture. Lu Xun's name is forever associated with "the Madman" and "Ah Q." In Chinese history, Lu Xun's name is indeed a symbol. It marks the end of classical Chinese literature and the birth of modern literature; the end of traditional Chinese culture and the establishment of modern ideological concepts; the demise of traditional Chinese scholars and the emergence of modern intellectuals. In short, it marks the turning point of Chinese history—from decay to renewal, from tradition to modernity.