Lu Xun is a cultural giant in the 20th century. He has made great contributions to novels, essays, woodcuts, modern poems, old-style poems, translation of famous books, collation of ancient books, modern academics and so on. As a great founder of modern literature in China, several novels by Lu Xun created a new form of China's novels.
His prose "shows the achievements of the literary revolution"; His essay style is full of modernity, freedom, criticism and militancy, and it is the most commonly used "critical weapon" for later writers. His essays are an encyclopedia of China's society, politics, history, law, religion, morality, philosophy, literature, art and even cultural psychology, people's nature, people's feelings and customs. Almost all China writers have developed different literary styles on the basis of Lu Xun's creation.
As a translator, he translated a large number of foreign literary works and scientific and natural works, and made great contributions to enlightening people's wisdom and introducing advanced scientific and cultural ideas. As an art lover, Lu Xun introduced a large number of western woodcut prints, supported young people to learn woodcut prints in spirit, theory and spirit, greatly promoted the spread and development of modern woodcut prints in China, and made outstanding contributions to the artistic cause of modern China.
2. Academic influence
As an academic researcher, on the one hand, Lu Xun used western literary concepts to study China's classical novels and wrote A Brief History of China's Novels, which not only ended the era of "China's novels have no history", but also created a typical work in the history of literature and "opened countless methods for later study". Guo Moruo and Wang Guowei's History of Song and Yuan Dynasties is called a double gem in the modern academic history of China.
On the other hand, he collated dozens of ancient books, such as ancient novels, biographies, Korean portraits, and miscellaneous books in Huiji County, which left great wealth for future generations to study classical literature.
3. Mental influence
Lu Xun is the soul of china of modern China, and his spirit has a far-reaching influence on his readers, researchers and even generations of modern writers and intellectuals in China. Lu Xun is also one of the world cultural giants in the 20th century.
With his unique personal style, he created the literature "China people should participate in the cause of the present world", "both internal and external cultivation, integration with the world trend of the times, but did not stifle China's nationality". Like the outstanding thinkers and writers in the world at the same time, he paid attention to the problems faced by mankind and made his own unique contribution.
4. Political influence
Lu Xun pursued democracy all his life, declared war on the feudal old culture as early as the beginning of the new literature movement, and constantly struggled with the old ideas and old culture that oppressed the people. After the "female normal university student tide", there was an argument with the warlords who persecuted students. Lu Xun is not afraid of violence and writes about war, which shows the spirit of an upright scholar. Later, under the rule of the Kuomintang, he boldly exposed its dark rule.
In the 1930s, he fought against the wrong left-leaning literary line of the * * * production party, and later established the left-wing writers' alliance led by proletarian literary thought in cooperation with literary and art workers under the leadership of the party. As the leader of the Left League, Lu Xun led the Left League to smash the plot of Kuomintang reactionary literature and art to stifle proletarian literature and art.
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1, helping young people
When Lu Xun was in Guangzhou, a young man was influenced by him and followed him to Shanghai. After arriving in Shanghai, Lu Xun enthusiastically left him to live in his apartment in Li Jingyun. Later, the man asked Lu Xun to find him a job in Shanghai. Lu Xun found that Yu Dafu was in a very difficult situation and said that there was really no way. He had to find a bookstore and newspaper office and ask him to do things in the name. Lu Xun took out his monthly salary of 30 to 40 yuan and gave it to the bookstore and newspaper office as a monthly salary. The degree of Lu Xun's support and help to young people can be seen.
2. White and red elephants
Lin Yutang once wrote in an article that Mr. Lu Xun was very valuable in China, and called him a "white elephant". Because elephants are mostly gray, when they meet white, they will be national treasures. Xu Guangping often called him "Little White Elephant" when communicating with Lu Xun, and Lu Xun occasionally claimed himself in his correspondence.
After his son Zhou Haiying was born, Lu Xun gave it to his son, calling it "Little Red Elephant", which can be described as "White Elephant as Red as Father and Son". Lu Xun often composes his own ditty "Little Red, Little Elephant, Little Elephant, Red Elephant, Red Elephant" when making children happy. Little elephant, little red, little red elephant, little red, little elephant, little red. "Reiko Kobayakawa's warmth to her husband is beyond words.
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