Lu Xun
(1881-1936) |
Lu Xun is regarded as one of the Chinese writers of the twentieth century (1906-1936) who had the greatest influence on the society.
He wrote many classic and impressive short stories, many of which were translated into different languages. Chinese people still keep some of his passages collected in middle school and high school textbooks in China for students to study his writing style. His literature mainly stood for Chinese culture and the ideal characteristics of Chinese people during the Cultural Revolution. Importantly, Lu Xun was the first person who used Baihuawen in literature instead of Wenyanwen. Wenyanwen was a language for highly educated people to write in the oldfashioned Chinese society and Baihuawen was easy for everyone to understand because it is everyday language. In order to push the development of literacy forward, Lu Xun used Baihuawen for his stories. Lu Xun believed: “In fact, on the earth there were no road, however, more and more people walked on it, then roads were created” (Lu, “Quotes”). His new writing style and anti-feudal spirit had a major impact on the following generation of China. |