Selected Essays of Lu Xun

Author: Lu Xun
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: Modern society requires citizens to possess good humanities and scientific literacy, innovative spirit, cooperative awareness, and an open perspective. They should also have comprehensive basic skills, including reading comprehension and communication, as well as the ability to collect and process information using modern technology. Based on this guiding philosophy, the Ministry of Education has formulated new standards for primary and secondary school Chinese curricula and proposed a list of recommended extracurricular reading materials. Lu Xun's essays are strongly political, clearly inclined, and rich in literary quality, representing the peak of modern essay writing. The selected essays in Lu Xun's collection include 66 of his works, edited by Jin Yinming, Vice Director of the Lu Xun Museum and a renowned Lu Xun scholar. All the selected essays are masterpieces of Lu Xun's essay writing. Lu Xun wrote approximately 700 essays in his lifetime. During the May Fourth Movement period, most of his essays focused on the themes of literary and ideological revolution. His advocacy of science and democracy, as well as his critique of feudal society and the family system, epitomize the spirit of the roaring May Fourth Movement. During the Second Revolutionary War, Lu Xun's essays became even more widely relevant to the times and reality.