Lu Xun and My Seventy Years

Author: Zhou Haiyi
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Publish Date: 2001-09-01
Features: This is an autobiography written by Zhou Haiyi, the son of Lu Xun. The book's greatest feature is its honesty—neither hiding from the esteemed nor the loved ones. When discussing the conflicts of the previous generation, Haiyi maintains a completely detached and impartial attitude, with a sense of ordinary calmness evident on every page. Additionally, his bold questioning and speculation about "Lu Xun's Death" lift the thick fog of history, making the book highly valuable for historical research. Today, those who love Lu Xun would feel what kind of emotions when they learn that Lu Xun might have been assassinated through cruel means rather than dying from an incurable illness? Haiyi presents this major unsolved mystery of modern history to the world objectively. The book begins with an entire chapter recounting the brief yet sweet moments he spent with his father during his childhood. Many of the detailed descriptions are deeply moving. For example, Lu Xun was accustomed to working at night and sleeping in the morning, so every morning Xu Guangping had to remind Haiyi to be quiet. Haiyi often sneaked up to Lu Xun's room on the upper floor before leaving for school, quietly lighting a cigarette for his father. When Haiyi was six years old, he experienced the pain of losing his father. At that time, he might not have realized that the shadow of his father would loom over his path. Under the overly harsh gaze of the public, he accompanied his mother to the liberation zone and entered the roaring tide of building a new China. Following his father's teachings, he did not aim to be an empty (literary figure) but constantly faced disputes over how to handle the rich literary legacy left by his father. The book reveals 180 images, all preserved by Lu Xun's family over the years and most of which are being publicly shared for the first time.