He had a great influence on the development of China's social ideology and culture after the May 4th Movement, and enjoyed a high reputation in the world literary world, especially in the fields of Korean and Japanese ideology and culture. He is known as "the writer who occupied the largest territory on the East Asian cultural map in the 20th century".
Novel features:
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." Lu Xun has an extremely unique vision in dealing with these subjects. When observing and expressing his hero, he has his own unique perspective, that is, he always pays attention to the mental "diseases" of intellectuals and farmers in the "sick society".