Questions tagged [lu-xun]
Questions about the Chinese author Lu Xun or Lu Hsün (pen name of Zhou Shuren, 1881 – 1936) and his works. Lu Xun published both stories and essays. One of his best known story is 'The True Story of Ah Q' (1921 – 1922). Use this tag with the [chinese-literature] tag.
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Where is the wordplay in the names Zhao Guiweng and Gu Jiu?
In the Wikisource version (in both Chinese and English) of Lu Xun's short story "A Madman's Diary" from his collection Call to Arms, the following footnotes are made about character names:
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How did Lu Xun choose his pen name?
Lu Xun was the pen name of Zhou Zhangshou (birth name) or Zhou Yushan (courtesy name) or Zhou Yucai (courtesy name 2.0) or Zhou Shuren (the name he chose in 1898).
The "Lu" (魯 / 鲁) in his pen name ...
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Source of comment that Ah Qs are now running China (Lu Xun, 1930s)
The American journalist Edgar Snow, who is best known for his book Red Star Over China (1937), apparently managed to interview Lu Xun (1881 - 1936). According to Helmut Martin, who wrote an afterword ...
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