Lu Xun's background
Lu Xun, whose original name was Zhou Shuren, was an outstanding writer, ideologist, and revolutionary in 20th century China. He was born in 1881 and died in 1936. The background of his life was a complicated period in modern Chinese history. In Lu Xun's era, China experienced many political and social upheavals. At the end of the 19th century, China began to carry out modern reforms, but this was only the beginning. At the beginning of the 20th century, China experienced the Taiping Rebellion and the 1898 reform. These movements had a profound impact on Chinese society. In the 1920s, China experienced civil wars and foreign invasions, including the Japanese invasion of China and the civil war between the Chinese and the Vietnamese. During this period, the disparity between the rich and the poor and social injustice in Chinese society became more serious. Lu Xun's era was a prominent manifestation of these problems. He reflected these problems through his works and remarks and called for people to pay attention to these problems. His literary works and ideas influenced the development of modern Chinese literature and culture, and also had a profound impact on the process of the Chinese society's modernisation.