Lu Xun and Traditional Chinese Culture: Acceptance, Deviation, and Return

Author: Li Chengxi
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Publish Date: 2006-11-01
Features: This book is divided into three chapters, arranged in chronological order, and conducts a rigorous study of Lu Xun's reception and relationship with traditional culture. The book presents a thorough description of traditional and folk culture, a meticulous analysis of historical phenomena and textual works, and a dense development of theoretical reasoning and logical deduction, demonstrating a distinct and valuable academic depth. Lu Xun's profound and extensive nature, combined with the ancient and complex characteristics of traditional Chinese culture, makes the study of Lu Xun's reception or inheritance of traditional culture highly open-ended. This openness is reflected in: as long as one has some understanding of Lu Xun or traditional Chinese culture, it is possible to gain insights that approach the essence of this issue. However, once one realizes that the openness of a thing is a manifestation of its infinite meaning, it becomes clear that insights that merely stop at the surface may have more negative effects on further understanding and grasping this issue. This neglect of the whole, the (accidental orientation) toward potential or the direct hindrance of consciousness from focusing deeply and persistently on this complex issue, and engaging in prolonged and sufficient "staying" within it, are the reasons why the study of this issue quickly stagnated after the beginning of the new era. Although this cannot be entirely attributed to it, it is closely related to it. This judgment can be made by reviewing the historical state of people's understanding and grasp of this issue before that time.