Lu Xun (Lu Hsun) [real name Zhou Shuren] 1881-1936

Writer, critic, translator and literary theorist widely regarded as the most influential writer to have emerged from the May Fourth Literary Movement, he is known for his scathing critiques of social ills and his analysis of the collective Chinese character. His most renowned short story is A Q Zhengzhuan [The True Story of Ah Q]. Literature aside, Lu Xun is known for his leftist leanings. A champion of common humanity, he recruited many fellow writers to the communist cause, although he never joined the Communist Party himself.

Works available in English:

  • A Brief History of Chinese Fiction (Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang). Beijing:
       Foreign Languages Press, 1959; Westport, Conn.: Hyperion Press, 1973.
  • Ah Q and Others: Selected Stories of Lusin (Wang Chichen). New York: Books
       for Librarian Press; Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1971.
  • Call to Arms (Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang). Beijing: Foreign Language
       Press, 1981.
  • Chosen Pages from Lu Hsun: The Literary Mentor of the Chinese Revolution.
       New York: Cameron Associates, 1959.
  • Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk (Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang). Beijing:
       Foreign Languages Press, 1976.
  • Diary of a Madman and Other Stories (William A. Lyell). Honolulu: University of
       Hawaii Press, 1990.
  • Hesitation (compiled and annotated by Jorgensen). Shanghai: Pei hsin shu chu
       kan hsing, 1948.
  • Lu Hsun: Complete Poems (David Y. Chen). Temp, Ariz.: Center for Asian
       Studies, Arizona State University, 1988.
  • Lu Xun: Selected Poems (W.J.F. Jenner). Beijing: Foreign Languages Press,
       1982.
  • Masterpieces of Modern Chinese Fiction, 1919-1949 (by Lu Xun and others).
       Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1983.
  • Old Tales Retold (Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang). Beijing: Foreign Languages
       Press, 1961.
  • Poems of Lu Hsun (Huang Hsinchyu). Hong Kong: Joint Publishing Co., 1979.
  • Selected Stories of Lu Hsun (Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang). Beijing: Foreign
       Languages Press, 1954; New York: Norton, 1977; San Francisco: China Book &
       Periodicals, 1994.
  • Selected Works of Lu Hsun (Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang). Beijing: Foreign
       Languages Press, 1956-1960.
  • Silent China: Selected Writings of Lu Xun (Gladys Yang). London & New York:
       Oxford University Press, 1973.
  • The True Story of Ah Q (Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang). Beijing: Foreign
       Language Press, 1953; Hong Kong: C & W Publishing Co., 1976; Boston: Cheng
       and Tsui Co., 1990.
  • Three Stories. Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press, 1970.
  • Wandering (Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang). Beijing: Foreign Languages Press,
       1981.
  • Wild Grass (Feng Yusheng). Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1974.

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