Chinese New Curriculum Standard Required Reading: Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk

Author: Lu Xun
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: The Flowers Are Plucked at Dusk recounts the author's childhood life and his academic pursuits in his youth, reflecting on unforgettable people and events, expressing nostalgia for his former friends, relatives, and teachers. The work critiques and satirizes reactionary and conservative forces through a mix of narration and commentary. The Flowers Are Plucked at Dusk and Wild Grass are the only two prose collections compiled by Lu Xun during his lifetime, each representing a distinct style of his prose and serving as the initial source of his dagger-like and throwing-axe-like satirical essays. The Flowers Are Plucked at Dusk is a "record of recollections"—fresh, simple, warm, and touching, yet sharp and witty, making it a classic of modern reflective prose. Wild Grass, on the other hand, fully embodies the "penetrating power of a thinker, the summarizing ability of a philosopher, the passion and imagination of a poet, the life experience and psychological sensitivity of a novelist, the color sense of an artist, the historical perspective of a scholar, and the linguistic mastery of a stylist"—it is a key to exploring the "Kingdom of Lu Xun" and a monumental work in the history of modern Chinese prose!