Lu Xun's novels are unique in material selection. In the choice of themes, Lu Xun reformed the mode of choosing only "brave men, thieves and robbers, monsters and immortals, talented people and beautiful women, followed by prostitutes and lackeys" in classical literature, and created two major themes of modern literature with "for life" as the enlightenment purpose. His materials "are mostly taken from the unfortunate people in the sick society."
Personality influence
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.