Lu Xun originally went to Japan to study medicine with the wish of seeking a way to save the country. He said: "My dream is very happy. I am going to graduate and come back to treat the suffering of patients who have been mistaken like my father. I will become a military doctor during the war, and at the same time promote the Chinese people's belief in reform." But after he saw the film, his idea of studying medicine changed.

He said: "From that time on, I felt that studying medicine was not an urgent matter. No matter how strong and strong the body is, all stupid and weak citizens can only make meaningless materials and spectators." "Our first priority is to change their spirit, and what is good at changing their spirit is that I thought it was natural to promote literature and art at that time, so I advocated the literary movement."

Lu Xun thinks that medical skills can only save people's bodies, while literature can heal people's minds. The fundamental reason for China's backwardness lies in his thoughts. Mr. Lu Xun just wanted to use the power of literature to change China's national character. This point is explained by Mr. Lu Xun in his essay "Why I started a novel".

Background

Because when Mr. Lu Xun was studying in Japan, he once watched a movie with Japanese students in class. There is a passage in the movie in which a China detective works for the Russians, who is captured by the Japanese and is about to be shot, while a group of China people are watching. At this time, all the Japanese students cheered, which sounded particularly harsh to Lu Xun.