Zhao Yannian Woodblock Illustrations: The True Story of Ah Q

Author: Lu Xun
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Publish Date: 2002-04-01
Features: Although I have tried to do so, I still cannot be very confident that I can truly write about the soul of modern Chinese people. To portray the soul of such silent citizens is indeed a difficult task in China, because, as mentioned before, we are after all not people of an unreformed China, so we are still disconnected from one another, and even our own hands barely understand our own feet. Although I have made great efforts to explore the souls of people, I often feel a sense of detachment. In the future, all the people trapped within high walls should awaken themselves, step out, and all come to speak out. But now, such cases are rare, so I can only rely on my own perception and write these things in solitude, as the life of China that I have witnessed.
Lu Xun's Preface to the Russian Translation