Affecting my twenty short stories (China volume)

Author: Lu Xun et al., selected and edited by Ge Fei
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: In the history of Chinese literature, classical novels have also experienced numerous "set-offs" and even absorbed certain narrative achievements from foreign regions, but they have essentially struggled within the framework of Chinese literature and history. The most significant "set-off" in the scale of Chinese novels occurred about a century ago. The emergence of "modern literature" led to unprecedented revolutionary changes in Chinese fiction. From the concept of the novel to its language; from genre, narrative perspective, narrative point of view to rhetoric, every field underwent substantial expansion, ultimately forming a clear boundary line between the modern and the classical. We hope these renowned works that have "influenced" the spiritual growth of writers can also "influence" you, nourishing and awakening the classic sentiment and nostalgia for one's homeland within your heart. French writer André Gide said it well: "Influence creates nothing; it merely awakens." Indeed, only when your memory, imagination, and slumbering heart are awakened can your reading truly begin.