Lu Xun, 188 1, was born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang. Shaoxing is a place with profound cultural traditions, and many scenic spots have been preserved, such as the tomb of Yu Xia, the ancient hero of water control, the remains left by Gou Jian, the modern heroine Qiu Jin, who died peacefully, and so on. There are various theatrical performances and legends among the people. There are two "ghosts" that villagers talk about the most: one is "the ghost of revenge, which is more beautiful and powerful than all other ghosts"-female hanging; The other is a sympathetic "impermanence", with a straw rope tied around his waist, sandals on his feet and a banana fan in his hand. Local traditions and folk culture deeply influenced Lu Xun's life.
Lu Xun showed a lively character from an early age. Because grandma's family is in the countryside, Lu Xun also has a group of peasant children, rowing small white boats together in the dim moonlight and heading for the theater; On the way home, I was hungry, so I "stole" beans from my field and cooked them. Lu Xun also discovered the infinite interest of nature in the back garden named "Hundred Herbs Garden": green vegetable beds, purple mulberries; Crickets play the piano and oil flies sing in a low voice; Polygonum multiflorum Thunb, eaten in human form, can live forever; The legend of "beautiful snake" with the head of a snake and the body of a snake ... It is this free childhood that develops and cultivates the creativity and imagination of the future writer Lu Xun.
At the age of 6, Lu Xun bid farewell to the Herbal Garden, went to "Three Ponds and a Moon", studied under Founder, and learned from the old gentleman Shou Jason Wu until he was 17 years old. Here, he is familiar with Confucian classics and widely reads miscellaneous books outside Confucianism after class: novels, unofficial history, notes ... not only paying attention to history and personnel, but also observing nature. This opened Lu Xun's vast spiritual space and laid a profound knowledge foundation for Lu Xun's later ideological and literary development.
Lu Xun's childhood also had a shadow: 13 years old, his grandfather was imprisoned for some reason and had to rely on his family to visit relatives; Later, my father was seriously ill, and family life was in trouble from a well-off society. As the eldest son, Lu Xun had to frequent pawnshops and pharmacies, and felt the indifference and snobbery of the society in the discrimination and insults of people around him. His father died early because of the delay of quack, which gave a deep stimulus to young Lu Xun. He began to think about China's society, culture, world and people's hearts.
Mr. Lu Xun once said that essays are "sensory nerves". As a newspaper style, its greatest feature is that it can respond to the social, ideological and cultural reality as quickly as possible and get the social response in time. Therefore, for Lu Xun, an intellectual who always cares about the fate of the country and the sufferings of the people, keeping close contact with his time is the most effective way. Lu Xun also said that the task of essay writers is to "react or fight against harmful things immediately", and therefore divided essays into "social criticism" and "civilization criticism". Lu Xun has been fighting all his life, with the ideal of "cultivating people", pointing the edge of criticism at the slavery and oppression of people in any form and scope (national slavery, class oppression, male discrimination against women, teenagers being destroyed by the old, the weak being violated by the strong, etc.). He said that he did it not out of personal passion, but for the "future" of China and mankind, so all his criticisms were "public enemies, not personal grievances". Lu Xun's essay 15 is a faithful record of China society from the May 4th Movement to the mid-1930s, and it is also a history of ideological and cultural development. As a writer, Lu Xun pays more attention to people's ideological, emotional and psychological reactions and changes behind historical events. Lu Xun once confidently said: "The souls of China people are now reflected in my essays." In this sense, Lu Xun's essays are a living "human history" of modern China people. If you want to really understand the society and history of China, especially the people of China, read Lu Xun's essays.