Lu Xun

Lu Xun ({{zh-tspw|t=??|s=??|p=L? Xùn|w=Lu Hsün}}) or Lu Hsün (September 25, 1881 – October 19, 1936), the pen name of Zhou Shuren ({{zh-tsp|t=???|s=???|p=Zh?u Shùrén}}), has been considered the most influential Chinese writer of the 20th century and is seen as the founder of modern baihua (白话 báihuà) or vernacular Chinese literature. 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 Chinese communist 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.

Works

Stories

• from Call to Arms (1922)
• "A Madman's Diary" (1918)
• "Kong Yiji" (1919)
• "Medicine" (1919)
• "Tomorrow" (1920)
• "A Small Incident" (1920)
• "The Story of Hair" (1920)
• "Storm in a Teacup" (1920)
• "My Old Home" (1921)
• "The True Story of Ah Q" (1921)
• "The Double Fifth Festival" (1922)
• "The White Light" (1922)
• "The Rabbits and the Cat" (1922)
• "The Comedy of the Ducks" (1922)
• "Village Opera" (1922)
• from Old Tales Retold (1935)
• Mending Heaven (1935)
• The Flight to the Moon (1926)
• Curbing the Flood (1935)
• Gathering Vetch (1935)
• Forging the Swords (1926)
• Leaving the Pass (1935)
• Opposing Aggression (1934)
• Resurrecting the Dead (1935)

Essays

Collections

• Call to Arms (Na Han) (1923)
• Wandering (Pang Huang) (1925)
• Old Tales Retold (Gu Shi Xin Bian) (1935)
• Wild Grass (Ye Cao)
• Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk, a collection of essays about his youth
• Brief History of Chinese Fiction, a substantial study of pre-modern Chinese literature