Lu Xun (1881-1936), formerly known as Zhou Zhangshou, later renamed as Zhou Shuren, formerly known as Yushan, later renamed as Yucai. But his pseudonym “Lu Xun” is famous at home and abroad, far more famous than the original name Zhou Shuren. So why did the pseudonym “Lu Xun” come from, and why did it come from this way?
In 1918, the year before the May Fourth Movement, Lu Xun published the first article “The Diary of a Madman” (“Shout”) in “New Youth”, which used spiritual persecution to fiercely attack the feudal traditional ethics, and began to use “Lu Xun” as a pseudonym.
At that time, Xu Shoushang, a friend of Lu Xun, said that this was a great development in Lu Xun’s life, and also a chapter in the history of Chinese literature that should be written in style. Since then, the literary revolution has made great achievements that will never be forgotten, and the national language literature has become an immortal landmark masterpiece, which also makes him a prophet in our Chinese ideological circle and the bravest soldier in national liberation.
At that time, in Nanchang, Xu Shoushang read this article, “The Diary of a Madman”: “Only twenty years ago, Mr. Gu Jiu kicked his old running book, and Mr. Gu Jiu was very unhappy”, and “There are no children who surpass others, or there are? Save Children&# 8230;&# 8230;” This speaks to the history of feudal poison, and in despair there is hope, which greatly moved Xu Shoushang.
Xu Shoushang thought it was very similar to Zhou Yucai’s handwriting, but the signature was Lu. Is there a second Yucai in the world? The so-called ‘style is like a person’ is probably the case. So Xu Shoushang wrote a letter to ask Lu Xun, and answered that it was indeed “my work”, and that the new poem in the same volume signed “Tang Yi” was also his work. Later, when they met, Lu Xun said that because the editors of New Youth did not want to have a nickname, so it was named temporarily.
Reason for naming ‘Lu Xun’:
?1? My mother’s surname is Lu.
?2? Zhou Lu is a country with the same surname.
?3? Take the meaning of being foolish and prompt.
As for Tang Yi, it was because Chen Shizeng sent him a stone seal and asked him what character to carve. Lu Xun thought about it and said, “You are called Huaitang, and he is called Hou Tang.”. Xu Youshang understood the meaning of ‘waiting’. At that time, a certain official in the Ministry wanted to squeeze out Lu Xun, so he waited quietly, saying ‘a gentleman can change his life by waiting’. However, by inverting the word ‘waiting hall’, the two characters’ tang ‘and’ tang ‘exchanged sounds and became’ Tang ‘. Zhou, Lu, and Tang were all countries of the same surname, so he had no intention of destroying idols in any way.
The pen name Lu Xun is widely used compared to Tang Ji. After “The Diary of a Madman,” Lu Xun used this pen name to make significant contributions in various fields such as literary creation, ideological research, literary history research, translation, introduction of art theory, introduction of basic science, and proofreading of ancient books.
After 1918, Lu Xun had a significant impact on the development of Chinese social ideology and culture after the May Fourth Movement, and was famous in the world literary world, especially on the ideology and culture of South Korea and Japan. He is known as “the writer who occupies the largest territory on the CultureMap of East Asia in the 20th century”.
Chairman Mao once commented that “Lu Xun’s direction is the direction of the new culture of the Chinese nation”. In May 1918, he published the first vernacular short story “Diary of a Madman” written in modern style in the history of modern Chinese literature under the pseudonym of Lu Xun, which was published in Volume IV, No. 5 of New Youth. Since then, Mr. Lu Xun’s works have been continuously published.
In 1923, he published a collection of novels called “Shout”. Including 15 novels such as “The Diary of a Madman”, “Kong Yiji”, “Medicine”, “Tomorrow”, “Hometown”, “The True Story of Ah Q”, and “Social Drama”.
In 1926, a collection of novels titled “Wandering” was published. Including 11 articles such as Blessing, On the Tavern, Regret for the Past, Happy Family, Eternal flame Lamp, and Gao Laofuzi.
In 1927, he published a collection of prose poems called “Wild Grass”. Including more than 20 articles such as “Autumn Night”, “Confession of Shadows”, “Beggar”, “My Broken Love”, and “Debate of Dogs”.
In 1928, he published a collection of essays titled “Morning Flowers and Evening Picks” and a collection of essays titled “Just Collection”. The former includes 10 articles, such as A Chang and Classic of Mountains and Seas, From Baicaoyuan to Sanwei Bookstore, Father’s Disease, Mr. Fujino, Fan Ainong, etc.
In 1930, “New Stories” was released. This includes articles such as “Managing Water”, “Picking Wei”, “Running to the Moon”, “Leaving the Pass”, “Filling the Sky”, and “Rise and Death”.
In 1932, he published works such as “San Xian Ji”, “Er Xin Ji”, and “Lu Xun’s Selected Works”.
From 1933 to 1937, there were also many collections of miscellaneous works such as “The Book of Two Places”, “The Book of Pseudo Freedom”, “The Collection of Southern and Northern Tunes”, and novel collections such as “New Stories” and “The Miscellaneous Works of Jieting”.
There are still many works about Lu Xun, which cannot be listed one by one. In short, Mr. Lu Xun’s essays are humorous and interesting, with a collection of fresh and handsome essays and a collection of spicy and satirical novels, making him a literary giant of his generation. Some people say that Mr. Lu Xun is a totem, a symbol, hung high and dried, and few people read and experience those subtle and wonderful places. I believe that it is precisely because of this that we should strive to look up to the starry sky that guides us forward, so as not to lose ourselves.