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“The most important thing... was to change their spirit; and since at that time I felt that literature was the best means to this end, I decided to promote literary movement.”

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Lu Xun (September 25, 1881 - October 19, 1936), originally named Zhou Shuren, was one of the founders of modern Chinese literature. His works deeply revealed the darkness of the feudal society and the sufferings of the people, and had a profound impact on the world. more

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“True, we must dare look things in the face before we dare think, speak, act, or assume responsibility. If we dare not even look, what else are we good for?”

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“The world is changing from day to day; it is high time for our writers to take off their masks, look frankly, keenly, and boldly at life, and write about real flesh and blood. It is high time for a brand-new arena for literature, high time for some bold fighters to charge headlong into battle!”

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“True fighters dare face the sorrows of humanity, and look unflinchingly at bloodshed. What sorrow and joy are theirs! But the Creator's common device for ordinary people is to let the passage of time wash away old traces leaving only pale-red bloodstains and a vague pain; and he lets men live on ignobly and amid these, to keep this quasi-human world going.”

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“Men who have not known the horror of death are not likely to be awed by it.”

Men Known Horror Existential

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“Like students going to school, the planes on their bombing missions fly over Beijing each morning. And each time I hear their engines attack the air I feel a certain slight tension, as if I were witnessing the invasion of Death, though this heightens my consciousness of the existence of Life.”

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“Why should young people look for guides who hang out gided placards to advertise themselves? They would do better to look for friends, unite with them, and advance together towards some quarter where it seems possible to survive.”

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“I could not blot out hope, for hope belongs to the future.”

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Source: Call to Arms

“The ability to forget the past enables people to free themselves gradually from the pain they once suffered; but it also often makes them repeat the mistakes of their predecessors.”

People Pain Past Ability Forget Mistake Repeats Existential Predecessors Forget The Past

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