Recent changes to China’s teaching curriculum have made the news: An essay by the father of modern Chinese literature, Lu Xun (1881 – 1936), has gone missing from new editions of middle school ...

As Lu Xun told his students 90 years ago: "When we look at the evolution of China we are struck by two peculiarities. One is that the old makes a comeback long after the new has appeared -- in ...

Lu Xun. Undoubtedly, in the 20th century Lu Xun (1881-1936) and Hu Shih (1891-1962) were two giants in the field of Chinese culture and public knowledge.

It appears that Lu Xun's popularity never dies out, though the pioneer of modern Chinese literature has been dead for 75 years. Streams of people laid flowers in front of the granite tomb of Lu ...

An essay by Lu Xun, a towering figure of modern Chinese literature, has been dropped from the latest edition of middle school textbooks, triggering an outcry among parents and intellectuals, who ...

Lu Xun was born with the name Zhou Zhangshou to an educated, but not wealthy, family. His hometown, Shaoxing, was in a region of China known as Jiangnan. It had long been China's cultural ...

Lu Xun has been often been called the father of modern Chinese literature. His short stories about the misery and cruelty of ordinary life in China have been interpreted both as revolutionary ...

It's hard to find a precise Western analogue for Lu Xun (1881-1936). He is China's Dickens, for his mercilessly sharp portrayals of the era he lived through; he is Joyce, a re-maker of language ...

Lu Xun, the author of the famous short story, is a Chinese literary icon "Our generation has no expectations," says 24-year-old Yin. The medical student, who only wanted to share her last name ...