The stories look at the specific dysfunctions of particular customs and institutions, and also at the general result in which people are discarded. It is a theme in many stories, including Kong Yiji, My Old Home, In the Wine Shop, Regret for the Past, and others.Ī third major theme in the stories is commentary on traditional customs and institutions. Ī second major theme in the stories is the problem of how members of the intellectual class are to live their lives. Lu Xun employed point of view in his stories in a way that was novel at the time for Chinese literature, helping readers consider new possibilities about the true nature of the reality around them. See in particular A Madman's Diary and The True Story of Ah Q. As for the title, it was chosen by the diarist himself after his recovery, and I did not change it.One major theme in the stories in this collection is that habits of mind (psychology or "spirit") need to be examined improvements in material conditions and institutions, while important, are not sufficient by themselves to renew China. I have not altered a single illogicality in the diary and have changed only the names, even though the people referred to are all country folk, unknown to the world and of no consequence. Certain sections, however, were not altogether disconnected, and I have copied out a part to serve as a subject for medical research. The writing was most confused and incoherent, and he had made many wild statements moreover he had omitted to give any dates, so that only by the colour of the ink and the differences in the writing could one tell that it was not written at one time. I took the diary away, read it through, and found that he had suffered from a form of persecution complex. “I appreciate your coming such a long way to see us,” he said, “but my brother recovered some time ago and has gone elsewhere to take up an official post.” Then, laughing, he produced two volumes of his brother's diary, saying that from these the nature of his past illness could be seen, and that there was no harm in showing them to an old friend. Some time ago I happened to hear that one of them was seriously ill, and since I was going back to my old home I broke my journey to call on them, I saw only one, however, who told me that the invalid was his younger brother. Two brothers, whose names I need not mention here, were both good friends of mine in high school but after a separation of many years we gradually lost touch. The Complete Short Stories of Lu Xun where included in these edition:Ī Madman's Diary Kung I-chi Medicine Tomorrow An Incident Storm in a Teacup My Old Home The True Story of Ah Q Village Opera The New Year's Sacrifice In the Wine Shop A Happy Family Soap The Misanthrope Regret for the Past The Divorce The Flight to the Moon Forging the Swords. In the 1930s he became the titular head of the League of Left-Wing Writers in Shanghai. Writing in Vernacular Chinese as well as Classical Chinese, Lu Xun was a novelist, editor, translator, literary critic, essayist, and poet. Lu Xun (1881–1936), a leading figure of modern Chinese literature. Diary of a Madman and Other Stories by Lu Xun.
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