Lu Xun’s childhood

Lu Xun is a great modern writer and thinker in my country. His original name was Zhou Shuren, and his courtesy name was Hencai. "Lu Xun" was the pen name he used when writing for "New Youth" in 1918.

Lu Xun was born in 1881 in a large and dilapidated family in Shaoxing, Zhejiang. Shaoxing is a place with profound cultural traditions and retains many scenic spots, such as the mausoleum of Xia Yu, the ancient flood control hero, the remains of King Gou Jian of Yue who lay down on firewood and tasted gall, and Xuan Tingkou where Qiu Jin, a heroine of the anti-Qing Dynasty in modern times, died calmly, etc. There are also various folk drama performances and legends. The two "ghosts" that the folks talk about the most are: one is "a ghost with a vengeful nature, more beautiful and stronger than all other ghosts" - Nv Diao; the other is a straw rope tied around the waist and worn on the feet. Straw sandals, banana fans in hand, compassionate "impermanence". Local traditions and folk culture deeply influenced Lu Xun's life.

Lu Xun has shown a lively character since he was a child. Because his grandmother's family was in the countryside, Lu Xun also had a group of peasant children. They rowed a small white boat under the hazy moonlight and rushed to the theater. On the way home, when he was hungry, he "stole" his family's children. Beans from the fields were boiled and eaten. Lu Xun also discovered the infinite interest of nature in the back garden called "Baicao Garden": green vegetable beds, purple mulberries; crickets playing the piano, oil flies singing low; the human-shaped Polygonum multiflorum that can become an immortal when eaten; The legend of the "Beautiful Snake" with the head of a snake and the body of a snake... It was this kind of free childhood life that developed and cultivated the creativity and imagination of the future writer Lu Xun.

When Lu Xun was 6 years old, he bid farewell to Baicao Garden and went to the "Sanwei Bookstore" to become a student of Mr. Shou Jingwu, a very upright and knowledgeable man in the city. He studied there until he was 17 years old. Here, he was familiar with Confucian classics, and extensively read various miscellaneous books outside of Confucianism in his spare time: novels, unofficial histories, notes... He not only paid attention to history and human affairs, but also paid attention to observing nature. This opened up Lu Xun's vast spiritual space and laid a broad and profound knowledge foundation for the development of Lu Xun's later thoughts and literature.

Lu Xun's childhood also had shadows: when he was 13 years old, his grandfather was imprisoned for some reason, and he had to follow the family to seek refuge with relatives; later, his father became seriously ill, and his family life fell into difficulties. As the eldest son, Lu Xun had to frequent pawnshops and pharmacies. He felt the coldness and snobbery of society amid the discrimination and insults from people around him. In the end, his father died prematurely due to delays by quack doctors, which deeply stimulated the young Lu Xun. From this, he began to think about Chinese society, culture, human world and people's hearts.

Lu Xun once said that essays are the "nerves of induction". As a newspaper and periodical style, its greatest feature is that it can make the fastest response to the happening social, ideological and cultural realities, and get social feedback in a timely manner. response. Therefore, it is the most effective way for intellectuals like Lu Xun, who always pay attention to the destiny of the country and the people, and the suffering of the people, to maintain close contact with the times in which he lived. Lu Xun also said that the task of essay writers "is to immediately respond or fight against harmful things", and therefore divided essays into two categories: "social criticism" and "civilized criticism." Lu Xun has been fighting all his life. With the ideal of "building people", he directed his criticism towards any form and scope of enslavement and oppression of people (national enslavement, class oppression, male discrimination against women, old people against young people). the destruction of the weak, the strong against the weak, etc.). He said that what he did was not out of personal ambition, but for the "future" of China and mankind. Therefore, all his criticisms were "actually public hatred, not personal grudges." Lu Xun's 15 collections of essays are faithful records of Chinese society from around the May Fourth Movement to the mid-1930s. They are a history of ideological and cultural development. As a writer, Lu Xun paid more attention to people's thoughts, emotions, and psychological reactions and changes behind historical events. Lu Xun once said with confidence: "The 'soul of the Chinese people' is now reflected in my essays." In this sense, Lu Xun's essays are a living "human history" of modern Chinese people. If you want to truly understand Chinese society and history, especially the Chinese people, then read Lu Xun's essays.