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"Diary of a Madman", also translated as "A Madman's Diary" (Chinese: 狂人日記; pinyin: Kuángrén Rìjì) is a short story by the Chinese writer Lu Xun, published in 1918. It was the first and one of the most influential works written in vernacular Chinese in Republican-era China, and would become a cornerstone of the New Culture Mo
The name "Lu Xun", by which he is most well known internationally, was a pen name chosen upon the initial publishing of his story "Diary of a Madman" in 1918. [2] By the time Lu Xun was born, the Zhou family had been prosperous for centuries, and had become wealthy through landowning, pawnbroking, and by having several family members promoted ...
Selected Stories of Lu Hsun is a collection of English translations of major stories of the Chinese author Lu Xun translated by Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang and first published in 1960 by the Foreign Languages Press in Beijing. [1] This book was republished in 2007 by the Foreign Languages Press with the updated title of Lu Xun Selected Works. [2]
Diary of a Madman (Nikolai Gogol), a short story by Nikolai Gogol; Diary of a Madman (Guy de Maupassant), a short story by Guy de Maupassant; Diary of a Madman (Lu Xun), a short story by Lu Xun, also known as A Madman's Diary; Diary of a Lunatic, a short story by Leo Tolstoy sometimes translated as "The Diary of a Madman"
For example, Lu Xun's essays and short fiction created a sensation with their condemnation of Confucian culture. "Diary of a Madman" directly implied that China's traditional culture was mentally cannibalistic, [24] and The True Story of Ah Q showed typical Chinese people as weak and self-deceiving. [28]
"Diary of a Madman" published in New Youth on May 15, 1918. Lu Xun was an important contributor to the magazine. His first short story, "Diary of a Madman", (Chinese: 狂人日记) was published in "La Jeunesse" in 1918. [18] The story was inspired by Nikolai Gogol's story "Diary of a Madman". While Chinese literature has an ancient tradition ...
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Hegel concludes that Lu Xun's critical insights into individual works remain useful, but Brief History, "while still thought-provoking, is far from sufficient as an introduction to the field now, seventy years later." [3] John C.Y. Wang praises Brief History for being both "grand in design and minute in execution". Later discovery of new ...