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qr Lu Xun 4] @]V  ·! _I[ ÅZ[\ ML]KI\ML QV PQ[ PWUM\W_V WN ;PIW`QVO and then in Nanjing, after which he went to Japan for four years. These NW]Z aMIZ[ PIL I XZWNW]VL QVÆ]MVKM WV PQ[ QV\MTTMK\]IT LM^MTWXUMV\ Lu Xun went to Japan intending to study medicine, but gave up this plan when he realized that the sickness of the Chinese people lay not so much in body but in mind. Lu Xun was born Zhou Zhangshou, but took the name Zhou Shuren, by which he was better known, in 1898. Later in life, he published under a number of pen names, among which Lu Xun is the most famous. 7VM WN PQ[ JZW\PMZ[ BPW] B]WZMV _I[ IT[W I _MTTSVW_V ÅO]ZM QV twentieth-century Chinese culture, and three of his essays are featured in this anthology. The Zhou brothers were fellow travelers on the road of modern Chinese literature for a while, sharing many projects in their early careers, but later represented two different literary and political paths. Lu Xun is considered an icon of modern Chinese literature, and PQ[ QVÆ]MVKM Q[ NMT\ QV UIVa IZMI[" \ZIV[TI\QWV K]T\]ZIT IVL XWTQ\QKIT commentary, short stories, and prose essays. He engaged in extensive polemics in his characteristic acerbic style, which made him a thorn in many people’s sides; at the same time, it won him respect and admiration in many quarters. Lu Xun popularized the genre of zawen (the short, satirical topical essay) which he characterized variously as a dagger, a pistol, or a spear—that is, a handy weapon for ideological battle. This he wielded with expert skill, resulting in the zawen being forever linked with his name. His shadow can still be seen in many newspaper columns of today.¹

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