Lu Hsun
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The eighteen stories collected in this volume showcase the simple eloquence of a spectacular literary talent. Lu Hsun practically invented modern Chinese literature when he exploded on the literary scene in 1918 with the now famous short story "A Madman's Diary" which he wrote in the vernacular, an astonishingly bold choice at the time. Originally, intent on studying medicine, he turned to literature as a way of healing what he perceived as China's...
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English
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Lu Hsun (also known as Lu Xun), was the pen name of Zhou Shuren (1881-1936), a leading figure of modern Chinese literature. Writing in Vernacular Chinese as well as Classical Chinese, Lu Xun was a short story writer, editor, translator, literary critic, essayist, and poet. In the 1930s he became the titular head of the League of Left-Wing Writers in Shanghai.
Lu Xun was born into a family of landlords and government officials in Shaoxing, Zhejiang;...