Does the questioner want to ask who said "Even if you run slowly and without stopping, you will fall behind, you will fail, but you will definitely achieve the goal you long for"? Lu Xun. Even if you run slowly and don't stop, you will fall behind, you will fail, but you will definitely achieve the goal you long for. This is the wise saying of Lu Xun. Lu Xun, formerly known as Zhou Shuren (September 25, 1881 - October 19, 1936). A native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang, his courtesy name was Hencai. Before the age of seventeen, he was named Zhou Zhangshou, and later changed his name to Zhou Shuren. He is famous for his pen name Lu Xun.