Failed Idol (Re-reading Lu Xun)

Author: Jing Wending
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: There is a certain comparability between the failures of Lu Xun and Franz Kafka. If it can be said that Kafka spent his entire life submitting apologies for his innocence to a higher court, Lu Xun spent his life searching for a faith he could stand on. If it can be said that Kafka, due to his timidity and lack of patience, ultimately ended his self-defense in failure, Lu Xun, through his fondness for struggle and criticism, repeatedly abandoned the faith he had in his hands, ultimately ending up with nothing in his hands (except for "Forgive no one"). If it can be said that the failed Kafka became so terrified that he could only burrow into the ground, Lu Xun ultimately reached a point of despair, punishing everyone without forgiveness.