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Lu Xun – mirror of China
Lu Xun is honoured by the people as the soul of the Chinese nation .memorating Lu Xun First Death Anniversary ,Chairman Mao called him the sage of modern China.
Brief Introduction
Lu Xun, pen name of Zhou Shuren, was considered the most influential Chinese writer of the 20th century and is seen as the founder of modern baihua. His social thought, which substantially criticized traditional cultural values, was also highly influential in 20th century Chinese history, in particular, to the May Fourth Movement and the strains of thought it gave rise to, which in turn had a great impact on the munist movement and the rise of the People's Republic of China. He was also a noted translator and helped introduce Chinese to modern international literature.
Life and Works
Childhood
After a case of bribery was exposed - in which Zhou Fuqing tried to procure an office for his son, Lu Xun's father, Zhou Boyi - the family fortunes declined. Meanwhile, young Zhou Shuren was brought up by an elderly servant Ah Chang in the regarded the simple and honest relationship with the rural children as the happiest memory in his life.
Adolescence
His father's chronic illness and eventual death from tuberculosis, persuaded Zhou to study medicine. Distrusting traditional Chinese medicine which failed to cure his father, he went abroad to pursue a Western medical degree at Sendai Medical Academy ,Japan, in 1904.
Sendai
At the school he struck up a close student-mentor relationship with lecturer Fujino Genkurou
Lu Xun would recall his mentor respectfully and affectionately in an essay "Mr Fujino" in the memoirs in Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk. (Incidentally, Fujino would repay the respect with an obituary essay on Lu Xun's death, in 1937.) However, in March 1906, Lu Xun abruptly terminated his pursuit of the degree and left the college.
One day after class, one of his Japanese instructors screened a lantern slide documenting .Lu Xun was shocked