Does the man who is considered a giant of 20th century literature continue to influence the current generation of writers and readers? Chitralekha Basu, Yang Guang and Mei Jia mull the issue. Lu Xun ...

Dubbed the father of modern Chinese literature, Lu Xun, one of the most prolific Chinese writers of the 20th century, will soon have his works made more available to Western readers with the ...

Lu Xun's Old Abode, the childhood residence of Chinese literary pioneer Lu Xun in Shaoxing, Zhejiang province, is a hot spot for Chinese tourists, especially parents who bring their children to ...

Reading Lu Xun's work is part of the collective memories of generations of Chinese. That's why news headlines of a so-called Lu Xun retreat hit so many hearts, caused a big stir and became a hot topic ...

At the recently concluded 2025 Shanghai Book Fair, a single item stole the spotlight - not a best-selling novel or a rare manuscript, but a sweater vest. Inspired by the one frequently worn by Chinese ...

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 Xun in ...

The South China Morning Post reports that a letter by revered Chinese writer and intellectual Lu Xun sold for 6.56 million yuan (more than US $1 million) at an auction in Beijing on Monday: The letter ...

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. These two public intellectuals had the deepest ...

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 heartland.