Say Lu Xun

Author: Kong Qingdong
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Publish Date: 2007-02-01
Features: Scanning through the book, Kong Qingdong's account of Lu Xun's "Return to the World" is particularly brilliant. In the old Kong's view, Lu Xun, who had spent ten years copying ancient steles, was like a sage who had cultivated in a secluded mountain temple, living in solitude when he found himself unable to achieve anything in the world, only using his unfulfilled extraordinary skills to console himself. However, he could not resist the call of the world and could not abandon his moral responsibilities, stepping into the turbulent and perilous world. Although he still remained lonely in the end, he left an immortal legend for modern China, and his own life also found full release in the process: "laugh loudly when joyful, scream loudly when sad, curse wildly when angry." This is what Mr. Qian Liqun refers to as "the great soaring of life." Lu Xun was such a person who lived life with passion and emotion. As Kong Qingdong himself puts it, "Lu Xun was not a cold, simple cultural warrior, but a person with such humanity." In this way, the personal charm of Lu Xun is truly presented before us.