Lu Xun was one of the founders of modern Chinese literature. He made an important contribution to the modern Chinese novel. His novels not only revealed the dark side of Chinese society at that time, but also deeply reflected the political, economic, cultural and other issues at that time, laying the foundation for the modern Chinese novels. Lu Xun's novels usually had a distinct realism and modernist style. Through the deep description and reflection of social reality and human nature, he revealed the various shortcomings of Chinese society and the weaknesses of human nature, providing a powerful reference and enlightenment for the rejuvenation of Chinese novels. Lu Xun's novels also paid attention to character description and plot design. Through fine character description and plot design, he showed different types of characters and human characteristics, which provided an important reference for the character description and plot design of later Chinese novels. Lu Xun's novels laid the foundation for the Chinese novel's modernisation. His thoughts and writing style injected new vitality and motivation into the development of Chinese novels, which had a profound impact on the process of the Chinese novel's modernisation.