For the Three Kingdoms-era general, see Lu Xun (Eastern Wu). For the crater on Mercury, see Lu Hsun (crater).
In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhou.
Lu Xun
Lu in 1930
Native name
周樹人 (Zhou Shuren)
Born
Zhou Zhangshou (1881-09-25)25 September 1881 Shaoxing, Zhejiang
Died
19 October 1936(1936-10-19) (aged 55) Shanghai, Republic of China
Resting place
Tomb of Lu Xun, Lu Xun Park, Hongkou District, Shanghai
Pen name
魯迅 (Lu Xun)
Occupation
Writer
literary critic
editor
lecturer
civil servant
Nationality
China
Alma mater
Jiangnan Naval Academy
School of Mines and Railways
Sendai Medical Academy at Tohoku University
Genres
Short story
sketch
novella
poetry
prose poetry
essay
literary criticism
history
autobiography
editorial
lecture
translation
correspondence
Subjects
Criticism of traditional Chinese Confucian society, values and thought
Literary movement
New Culture Movement
May Fourth Movement
Social realism
Years active
1902–1936
Employers
Ministry of Education
Peking University
Beijing Normal University
Beijing Women's College
Xiamen University
Sun Yat-sen University
Notable works
"Diary of a Madman" (1918)
"Kong Yiji" (1919)
The True Story of Ah Q (1921)
Spouse
Zhu An
Partner
Xu Guangping (1927–1936)
Children
1
Signature
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
魯迅
Simplified Chinese
鲁迅
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Lǔ Xùn
Wade–Giles
Lu3 Hsün4
IPA
[lù ɕŷn]
Wu
Romanization
Lu Sin
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Lóuh Seun
Jyutping
Lou5 Seon3
IPA
[lou˩˧ sɵn˧]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ
Ló͘ Sìn
Tâi-lô
Lóo Sìn
Zhou Shuren
Traditional Chinese
周樹人
Simplified Chinese
周树人
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Zhōu Shùrén
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
Jou Shuhren
Wade–Giles
Chou1 Shu4-jen2
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Jāu Syuh Yàhn
Jyutping
Zau¹ Syu⁶ Jan⁴
New Culture Movement
Background
Aftermath of 1911 Revolution
Second Revolution
Coronation of Yuan Shikai
National Protection War
Manchu Restoration
Constitutional Protection Movement
Warlord Era
Eastward spread of Western learning
Scientific Revolution
Boxer Indemnity Scholarship
French Revolution
Russian Revolution
May Fourth Movement
Ideologies
Democracy
Science
Scientism
Anti-Confucianism
Social Darwinism
Anarchism
Modernism
Liberalism
Socialism
Communism
New humanism
Practice
Westernization
East-west cultural debate
Total Westernization
Democratization
Simplification of Chinese characters
Romanization of Chinese languages
Writing with vernacular Chinese
National Language Movement
Translation of foreign literature
Sorting out national heritages
Feminist movement
Education reforms
Schools of thought
Doubting Antiquity School
Xueheng School
Communists
Creation Society
New Confucianism
Research Clique
Crescent Moon Society
League of Left-Wing Writers
Major publications
La Jeunesse
The Critical Review
A Madman's Diary
The Tiger
Notable people
Ba Jin
Chen Duxiu
Guo Moruo
Hu Shih
Lao She
Li Dazhao
Lu Xun
Mao Dun
Qian Xuantong
Shen Congwen
Yu Dafu
Zhu Ziqing
Kang Youwei
Qian Xuantong
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Lu Xun (Chinese: 鲁迅; Wade–Giles: Lu Hsün; 25 September 1881 – 19 October 1936), born Zhou Zhangshou, was a Chinese writer, literary critic, lecturer, and state servant. He was a leading figure of modern Chinese literature. Writing in vernacular and Literary Chinese, he was a short story writer, editor, translator, literary critic, essayist, poet, and designer. In the 1930s, he became the titular head of the League of Left-Wing Writers in Shanghai during republican-era China (1912–1949).
Lu Xun was born into a family of landlords and government officials in Shaoxing, Zhejiang; the family's financial resources declined over the course of his youth. Lu aspired to take the imperial examinations, but due to his family's relative poverty he was forced to attend government-funded schools teaching "foreign education". Upon graduation, Lu studied medicine at Tohoku University in Japan, but later dropped out. He became interested in studying literature but was eventually forced to return to China because of his family's lack of funds. After returning to China, Lu worked for several years teaching at local secondary schools and colleges before finally finding an office at the Republic of China Ministry of Education.
Following the May Fourth Movement in 1919, Lu's writing began to exert a substantial influence on Chinese literature and popular culture. Like many of the movement's leader, Lu was a leftist. After the Proclamation of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1949, his work received considerable acclaim from the Chinese government, with Mao Zedong being an admirer of Lu's writing throughout his life. Though he was sympathetic to socialist ideas, Lu never joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
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of LuXun can refer to any of the following places which the Chinese writer LuXun had lived in, including the following: Former Residence of LuXun (Shanghai)...
nephew LuXun (盧循), who had succeeded him after his death in battle in 401, attacked Dongyang (東陽, in modern Jinhua, Zhejiang), and Liu Yu repelled Lu's attack...
Sun He succeeded Sun Deng as the new crown prince, he was supported by LuXun and Zhuge Ke, while his rival Sun Ba (孫霸) was supported by Quan Cong (全琮)...
renegade governor of Guang Province (廣州, modern Guangdong and Guangxi), LuXun, rebelled and threatened the capital city Jiankang, before Liu Yu returned...
Selected Stories of Lu Hsun is a collection of English translations of major stories of the Chinese author LuXun translated by Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys...
work to LuXun. Before they arrived in Shanghai, LuXun read the manuscript. He accepted their request to join the young leftist authors. LuXun published...
translator. He studied Chinese author LuXun and translated Lu’s works into Japanese. His book-length study, LuXun (1944) ignited a significant reaction...
quarterly (Chinese:《留美学生季报》). This was a year before the publication of LuXun's "Diary of a Madman", which has often been incorrectly credited as the first...
with the song "The Internationale".) LuXun (simplified Chinese: 鲁迅; traditional Chinese: 魯迅; pinyin: LǔXùn) or Lu Hsün (Wade-Giles) (1881 – 1936), has...
threatened to sue his former colleague LuXun because he believed, quite correctly, that he was being mocked in LuXun's short story "Taming the Floods" (理水)...
The LuXun Literary Prize (or LuXun Literature Prize) 鲁迅文学奖 is a literary prize awarded by China Writers Association. It is one of China's top four literary...
The tomb of LuXun is the burial place of the Chinese writer LuXun (1881–1936), located in the northwestern corner of the LuXun Park in Hongkou District...
Notable residents of Shaoxing include Wang Xizhi, the parents of Zhou Enlai, LuXun, and Cai Yuanpei. It is also noted for Shaoxing wine, meigan cai, and stinky...
"Kong Yiji" (Chinese: 孔乙己; pinyin: Kǒng Yǐjǐ) is a short-story by LuXun, a leading figure in modern Chinese literature. The story was originally published...
(Leiden: Brill, 1971) Leo Ou-fan Lee, Voices from the Iron House: A Study of LuXun (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1987), pp. 53–77, 76–78. Jonathan...
LuXun Academy of Fine Arts, or LAFA, is an art school in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China. The school was founded in 1938 as Luxun Academy of Arts by...
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